twister

Meaning

  1. One who twists.
  2. One who twists.
  3. An instrument used in twisting or making twists.
  4. A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
  5. (colloquial) A tornado.
  6. A girder.
  7. (dated) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
  8. (British, colloquial) A crook, a villain.
  9. Any of species Tholymis tillarga of libellulid dragonfly, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
  10. The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.

Synonyms

tornado
C2
🌪️
whirlwind
C2
cyclone
20k
🌀
dust devil
liar
B1
crook
C1
cheat
B2
cruller
hurricane
C1
typhoon
C2
windstorm
deceiver
36k
distorter
gale
C1
pipe
B2
renegade
C2
shyster
41k
twiner
twirler
vortex
C2
Translations

tourbillon
cyclone
🌀
tornade
🌪️

véhicule à châssis articulé

draaikont
ciclone
🌀

ανεμοστρόβιλος

Windhose
🌪️
Wirbelwind
cycloon
🌀
wervelwind

απατεώνας

Schraube

αρνησίθρησκος

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Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtwɪstə(ɹ)/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
twyster
In summary

From Middle English twyster, equivalent to twist + -er.

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