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twister
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun twister has 2 senses
- twister(n = noun.phenomenon) tornado - a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground; Array is a kind of cyclone
- twister(n = noun.food) cruller - small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts; Array is a kind of friedcake
has particulars: supertwister, waterspout
Derived form verb twist1
CIDE DICTIONARY
twister, n.
- One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving. [1913 Webster]
- The instrument used in twisting, or making twists. [1913 Webster]"He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine." [1913 Webster]
- A girder. Craig. [1913 Webster]
- The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback. Craig. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
twister, n.
1 Brit. colloq. a swindler; a dishonest person.
2 a twisting ball in cricket or billiards.
3 US a tornado, waterspout, etc.
1 Brit. colloq. a swindler; a dishonest person.
2 a twisting ball in cricket or billiards.
3 US a tornado, waterspout, etc.
THESAURUS
twister
apple fritter, baguio, beignet, beignet aux pommes, bismarck, cheat, con man, confidence man, crook, cruller, cyclone, deceiver, doughnut, dust devil, fastnacht, fraud, friedcake, fritter, hurricane, imposter, impostor, mountebank, olykoek, rainspout, raised doughnut, rogue, rotary storm, sand column, sandspout, scoundrel, sinker, swindler, tornado, trickster, typhoon, waterspout, whirlblast, whirlwind, wind eddy
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