Associations to the word «Twister»

Wiktionary

TWISTER, noun. One who twists.
TWISTER, noun. One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
TWISTER, noun. The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
TWISTER, noun. (colloquial) A tornado.
TWISTER, noun. (carpentry) A girder
TWISTER, noun. (dated) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
TWISTER, noun. (British) (colloquial) A crook, a villain.
TWISTER, noun. The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.
TWISTER, proper noun. A party game that requires several players on a single mat to straddle four colored rows of dots in random positions without falling.

Dictionary definition

TWISTER, noun. A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground.
TWISTER, noun. Small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts.

Wise words

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