Definition of "untwisting" [untwisting]

• Present participle of untwist. (verb)

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• "If there is I make the necessary adjustments by twisting or occasionally untwisting."
• "There are a number of dramatic scenes on operating tables in Cutting for Stone: the twins 'births, Thomas Stone amputating his own finger, Ghosh untwisting Colonel Mebratu's volvulus, the liver transplant, etc."
• "Paul stood at the new door that had been installed next to the utility sink, twisting and untwisting the knob."