overtwist

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ twist.

Verb

overtwist (third-person singular simple present overtwists, present participle overtwisting, simple past and past participle overtwisted)

To twist excessively.

Noun

overtwist (uncountable)

Excessive twist.
- 1987, Paula Simmons, Spinning and weaving with wool, published 1977, →ISBN, page 96:
  With any great amount of overtwist, the yarn just kinks up and will not go through the orifice.