twistern.

Brit.

/ˈtwɪstə/, U.S.

/ˈtwɪstər/

Etymology: < twist v. + -er suffix¹.

One who or that which twists.

†1. One who prunes or clips trees. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > pruner

shraggerc1440

twister1483

lopper1538

snedder1584

pruner1586

shredder1589

primer1611

topper1688

1483 Cath. Angl. 399/2 A Twyster of trees, defrondator.

2. A girder. Cf. twist n.¹ 3b.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > beams or supports

sillc897

sole-tree1527

spur1529

brace1530

rance1574

strut1587

ground pin1632

ground-plate1663

strut-beam1668

wale-piece1739

strutting-beam1753

wale1754

stretcher1774

tie1793

tie-beam1823

strutting1833

lattice frame1838

tie-bolt1838

tie rod1839

brace-rod1844

web1845

box girder1849

plate girder1849

lattice beam1850

lattice girder1852

girder1853

twister1875

under-girder1875

truss-beam1877

raker1880

wind-bracing1890

portal strut1894

stirrup1909

knee-brace1912

tee-beam1930

tee section1963

binder-

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Twister..2, a girder.

a. One who (or that which) spins thread, cord, or the like; spec. one whose occupation is to twist together the ends of the yarns of the new warp to those of that already woven. Also twister-in.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > one who

spinner1393

twister1579

twisterer1725

yarn-spinner1813

twiner1885

1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Biv^v Which strong cord..the Lorde..turned to the strangling of the twisters thereof.

1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 69 How many winders liue, How many twisters eke, and weauers thriue Vppon this trade?

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Retordeur, a twister, twiner.

1723 London Gaz. No. 6172/8 Samuel Brooke.., Twister.

1723 London Gaz. No. 6172/8 Nicholas Gudgeon.., Silver-Twister.

1799 Hull Advertiser 2 Mar. 4/4 The Man of the People..at a rope~maker's shop..besought..his interest..when the twister replied [etc.].

1818 G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (ed. 2) 36 Elspet, Mausie, fatal sisters, Of the thread o' life the twisters.

1878 A. Barlow Hist. & Princ. Weaving xxx. 311 The ‘twister-in’ has no difficulty in finding the proper threads to twist together.

1895 Daily News 3 July 7/5 The threatened lock-out..at Burnley has been averted by the settlement of the twisters' dispute.

b. A mechanical device for spinning yarns, etc.; spec. a throw-crook (dialect).

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine

twiner1611

twistera1703

filatory?18..

iron man1827

spinner1875

a1703 J. Wallis in J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. (1711) 283 He [a rope-maker], twerling his twister, makes a twist of the twine.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Twister, a reel used in twisting yarns or threads.

1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Twister, an implement used for twisting straw ropes for thatching, resembling a brace and bit, except that the bit has a hooked end.

1903 Dundee Advertiser 25 July 9 This machine..does more work in a given time than any other type of twister.

c. A wheel, tourniquet, or other device by which torsional force is applied.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > condition of being twisted spirally > fact or action of > that which

twister1833

1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §2075 The Wringing-Machine..for small laundries. The articles to be wrung, when large, are taken out of the washing-tub, and, being passed over the pin,..the two ends are put through the hole of the twister,..which is turned round by the spokes.

1892 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 24 May One of the highwaymen..confessed his guilt after being tortured with ‘twisters’ and hot coals.

4. One who or that which turns about, turns from side to side, rotates, etc.

†a. A twisting or twining shoot. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > tendril or twining shoot

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tendril1538

clasp1577

clasper1577

winder1577

capreol1578

taglet1578

twine1579

string1585

trail1597

tress1605

nervelet1648

cirrus1708

clavicle1725

twister1799

bine1808

1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. xiv. 431 Fill a bag..of leaves and twisters of vine.

b. One who turns this way and that; figurative one who shuffles or prevaricates; a dishonest person, a crook. slang.

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society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty > dishonest person

shondc725

makeshift1554

roundabout1605

fraudsman1613

trickster1711

bug1785

fly-by-night1796

twister1834

rigger1859

shyster1877

crook1879

heel1914

wide boy1937

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > one who acts evasively

corner-creeper1563

palterer1589

shuffler1621

prevaricator1650

hedger1728

twister1834

pussyfoot1907

pussyfooter1923

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun]

shondc725

faitoura1340

fob1393

trumper?c1450

feature14..

chuffera1500

prowler1519

truphane1568

cozener1575

cogger1580

pretender1583

impostor1586

mountebank1589

sycophant?1589

foolmonger1593

affronter1598

assumer1600

knight (also lord, man, etc.) of gingerbread1602

pettifogger1602

budgeter1603

quacksalver1611

empiric1614

putter-off?1615

quack1638

stafador1638

saltimbanco1646

adventurer1648

fourbe1668

shammer1677

imposer1678

charlatana1680

sham1683

cheat1687

hocus1692

gull1699

shamster1716

coal-blower1720

humbugger1752

gagger1781

fudge1794

humbug1804

potwalloper1820

twister1834

jackleg1844

fraud1850

bunyip1852

empiricist1854

Bayswater Captain1880

bluffer1888

putter-down1906

quandong1939

1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 359 The ambassador is..no commonplace twister and turner in the paths of diplomacy.

1863 Once a Week 9 568/2 One swags all that the palmer purchases, and stays outside to render the ‘twister’ any assistance he may need.

1897 Blackmore in Blackwood's Mag. July 61/2 I have handled a good many twisters and skippers in the way of savages.

1915 Film Flashes 4 Dec. 1 ‘Twisters’..endeavour to put German films in the picture houses, under the pretext that they were made in a neutral, Continental country.

1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement vii. 367 If you ask me, he looks a rotten twister—bit of a crook or something.

1937 Evening News 12 Mar. 15/6 (advt.) With the Lincoln and the Grand National in the offing, the twisters, the welshers, the ‘spivs’ and the ‘boys’ are getting ready for a profitable session of the gentle sport of rooking the racegoer.

1940 E. Pound Cantos LII–LXXI lv. 53 And Liu-hoei said Ngan was a twister.

1966 P. G. Wodehouse Plum Pie i. 48 To reason successfully with that king of the twisters one would need brass knucks and a stocking full of sand.

1976 Milton Keynes Express 23 July 7/3 He was said to have called two women teachers ‘cheats and twisters’ and had refused to apologise for his remarks.

c. Cricket. A delivery in which the ball twists or ‘breaks’; a break; transferred in Real Tennis and other ball-games, a ‘screw’.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball

full toss1826

long hop1830

twister1832

bail ball1833

bailer1833

grubber1837

slow ball1838

wide1838

ground ball1839

shooter1843

slower ball1846

twiddler1847

creeper1848

lob1851

sneak1851

sneaker1851

slow1854

bumper1855

teaser1856

daisy-cutter1857

popper1857

yorker1861

sharpshooter1863

headball1866

screwball1866

underhand1866

skimmerc1868

grub1870

ramrod1870

raymonder1870

round-armer1871

grass cutter1876

short pitch1877

leg break1878

lob ball1880

off-break1883

donkey-drop1888

tice1888

fast break1889

leg-breaker1892

kicker1894

spinner1895

wrong 'un1897

googly1903

fizzer1904

dolly1906

short ball1911

wrong 'un1911

bosie1912

bouncer1913

flyer1913

percher1913

finger-spinner1920

inswinger1920

outswinger1920

swinger1920

off-spinner1924

away swinger1925

Chinaman1929

overspinner1930

tweaker1938

riser1944

leg-cutter1949

seamer1952

leggy1954

off-cutter1955

squatter1955

flipper1959

lifter1959

cutter1960

beamer1961

loosener1962

doosra1999

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > types of stroke

service1611

serving1688

screw1865

cut1874

cutting service1874

boast1878

first serve1878

smash1882

twister1884

cross-shot1889

lob1890

ground stroke1895

lob ball1900

twist service1901

boasting1902

cross-volley1905

get1911

chop1913

forehander1922

kick serve1925

forehand1934

touch shot1936

dink1939

net shot1961

overhead1964

groundie1967

slice1969

moonball1975

moonballing1977

1832 P. Egan Bk. Sports 348/2 The batsman now his weapon rais'd To meet a puzzling twister.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. vi. 357 To come out..to Tom's wicket, and bowl slow twisters to him.

1862 C. S. Calverley Verses & Transl. (ed. 2) 50 I have stood serene..While the Buttress of the period Bowled me his peculiar twisters.

1884 J. Marshall Tennis Cuts 202 T was the Twister, that settled the rest.

d. U.S. A whirling wind-storm: a cyclone, tornado.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind > whirlwind or tornado

thodec725

storbilonc1315

whirlwinda1340

whirl-puffa1382

whirly-wind14..

rodion?a1439

tourbillion1477

trobelliona1500

hurlwind1509

typhon1555

whirler1606

travado1625

tornado1626

wild winda1661

turbo1677

vortexa1700

tornade1727

twirlwind1770

whirl-blast1800

coup de vent1831

twirlblast1865

twister1897

1897 Strand Mag. Sept. 266/1 Kansas..is a favourite spot of the ‘twisters’ as the Westerns playfully term their windy enemy (the tornado).

1902 W. M. Davis Elem. Physical Geogr. ii. 67 Violent local storms..are often called cyclones, or prairie twisters, in the Mississippi valley, but the name tornado is to be preferred.

1903 G. S. Wasson Cap'n Simeon's Store vi. 108 He see in his paper where the English ship Falls of Ettrick was plunked on the Diamond Shoal and had went to pieces in that ole twister of a breeze there was a spell ago.

1930 Neff & Henry Folk-Say Regional Misc. 48 I never did see so many of them little twisters all a-goin at one and the same time.

1955 Sci. News Let. 18 June 388/2 A Weather Bureau meteorologist is making miniature tornadoes in a small box in the hope of learning more about what causes ‘twisters’.

1967 Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. 1/2 The most vicious twisters in the history of the Midwest, striking heavily-populated sections of Northern Illinois and Western Michigan, left 53 dead.

1974 V. Nabokov Look at Harlequins (1975) iv. ii. 162 A group of fifteen schoolchildren..were safe in the sudden darkness of that sturdy building when the twister struck.

1977 J. Cleary Vortex iv. 93 You hear the twister warnings, too?

e. A handle operated by twisting or rotating it.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle > operated in specific manner

twister1902

1902 F. T. Bidlake in Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. Aug. 359/2 The..machine with the compound brake application, i.e., the combination of the lever and the twister.

f. A grossly exaggerated tale; a lie. Nautical slang. ? Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > of an exaggerated kind

a tale (also gest, song, etc.) of Robin Hoodc1400

tale of a tub1532

Canterbury tale or story?a1550

romanza1622

romance1638

onea1642

Robin Hood tale1653

cock-and-bull story1670

stretcher1674

whid1794

fish-story1819

snake story1826

screamer1831

twister1834

ráiméis1835

Munchausen1840

skyscraper1840

Munchausenism1848

cock1851

snake yarn1891

furphy1916

fanny1930

the old ackamarackus1933

windy1933

1834 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch-bk. 2nd Ser. I. 235 I'm an even-minded man..that's providin' I wasn't provok'd by lying lip,—but if the best man in the sarvus was to come up to me,..to tell me such a thund'ring twister..why I'd just..floor the feller as flat as a flounder.

1850 H. Melville White-jacket lxxv. 370 Among innumerable ‘yarns and twisters’ reeled off in our main-top during our pleasant run to the north, none could match those of Jack Chase.

1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. May 358/1 ‘Twister’, broke in the petty officer; ‘I tell you it's as true as gospel’.

g. A type of handcuff (see quot. 1939).

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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > for the hands or arms

copsa700

manaclec1350

handlock1532

hand-bolt1563

handcuff1649

cuff1663

Darbies1673

glim-fenders1699

government securities1707

pinion1736

ruffles1776

bracelet1817

nippers1821

handicuff1825

shangy1839

snitchers1864

come-along1874

shackle-irons1876

mitten1880

wristlet1881

snaps1891

snips1891

stringers1893

twister1910

1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 296/1 Several recently invented appliances are used as handcuffs, e.g. snaps, nippers, twisters. They differ from handcuffs in being intended for one wrist only... The nippers can be instantly fastened on the wrist.

1939 Fortune July 104/1 A style of handcuff, sometimes called ‘twisters’, used by the New York police instead of the old bracelet type. It consists of a short length of chain with a T-bar at each end. The policeman wraps it around the prisoner's wrist, twists the two T's like a tourniquet as tightly as necessary to make the prisoners come along like a lamb.

h. A key. twister to the slammer: (see quot. 1939). U.S. slang.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key

key1434

clavis1649

twister1939

1939 Punch 15 Mar. 283/2 By-the-by, while you're going through your pockets there, old man, better make sure you've still got the Twister to the slammer. Key to the door.

1941 J. Smiley Hash House Lingo 55 Twister, key.

1970 C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 117 Twister, doorkey.

i. = twitch n.¹ 1b (spec. sense). U.S.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > noose for muzzle

twitcher1688

twitch1783

twister1940

1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet iii. ii. 223 He..reached down from its nail in the wall a short, smooth white-oak stick eyed at the end with a loop of hemp rope—a twister which Houston had used with his stallion.

1948 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 23 Aug. 4/4 A mean horse may take up to eight hours to shoe, using rope harnesses to tie up the leg being worked on, or even a ‘twister’ for the horse's nose.

1968 R. F. Adams Western Words (ed. 2) 334/1 Twitch, a small loop of cord with a stick through it used to punish a held horse. The loop is placed vertically around the animal's upper lip and then tightened by twisting the stick. Also called twister.

j. One who dances the twist (twist n.¹ 13c).

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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > shaking or jiving dances > [noun] > dancer

jitterbug1937

shagger1939

twister1966

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §583/27 Hip dancer…twister, wiggle dancer, wiggler.]

1966 ‘K. Nicholson’ Hook, Line & Sinker viii. 97 ‘I just go on Twist nights, don't I, Di?’ ‘She's a jolly good twister too.’

1977 J. Wilson Making Hate ii. 21 He'd been the runner-up in the Champion Twister competition at the Palais.

5. One who curves, bends, or rolls something.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > condition of being twisted spirally > fact or action of > one who

wreather1579

twister1879

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator iii. 158 The leaves are..placed over charcoal fires... The twisters roll them over with their hands until twisted.

6. That which (or one who) wrings or causes contortion; esp. figurative something that confounds, non-plusses, or ‘doubles up’, a ‘staggerer’ (slang). Also (dialect), a blow which makes the victim twist or writhe; also figurative in U.S. colloquial phrase to knock one the (or a) twister.

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > [noun] > source of confusion

apposalc1470

graveller1674

poser1793

twister1835

nonplusser1845

smog1954

mind-boggler1969

confusable1979

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > a difficult problem

knotc1000

a bone to pick (also gnaw)c1450

dark, hard sentence1535

nut1540

Gordian knot1579

nodus1728

teaser1759

stumper1807

Chinese puzzlec1815

facer1828

sticker1849

grueller1856

stumbler1863

twister1879

1835 in Amer. Speech (1965) 40 133 So, low each pill was a twister. I swallow'd about three Doctor's shops.

1843 J. R. Planché Fortunio i. ii. 9 Ha, ha! I think that was a twister!

1879 W. Black Macleod of Dare xl Well, you have had a twister; but you'll come through it.

1884 W. C. Russell Jack's Courtship xvi She had a letter from you this morning—a regular twister.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Twister.., a blow with a whip or other instrument.

1893 Daily Tel. 1 May 5/1 This was evidently a twister for the beggar-boy.

1896 G. Ade Artie vi. 55 That's what knocked me the twister. I thought this fellow was all right.

1908 G. Sanger 70 Years a Showman xvii. 59 I got a twister well home under his ribs that sent him grunting and staggering.

1934 G. Ade Let. 15 Mar. (1973) 181 I was, to use an old slang phrase, ‘knocked a twister’ when I received your letter [etc.].

7. A voracious feeder. slang. ? Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating voraciously > voracious eater

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devourerc1384

vourera1425

francher1519

gulper1648

twister1694

bolter1826

wolfer1897

scoffer1935

1694 P. A. Motteux in tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. Prol. sig. Avj^v What Swillers, what Twisters will there be!

8. Insurance. An insurance salesman or agent who unscrupulously induces a holder to switch his policy from one company to another. Originally U.S.

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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > one who insures someone else > insurance agent or broker

ensurer1649

insurance broker1651

adjustor1871

twister1924

1924 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Add. Twist, v.t. Life Insurance. To induce (a person) to drop a policy already in force in a company other than that of the twisting agent for one in the agent's company.—twister, n.

1979 Telegraph (Brisbane) 24 Sept. 24/2 The industry calls it twisting. Presumably its practitioners are called twisters. The industry says that life insurance consumers are being ripped off by its practice.

9. U.S. slang. In various senses with reference to the taking of drugs (see quots.).

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a quantity of

piece1935

twister1936

stash1942

trey1967

weight1971

eight ball1987

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [noun] > drug addict > addicted to marijuana

muggler1936

twister1936

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a dose of > powerful

hotshot1936

twister1936

1936 Amer. Speech 11 127/1 Twister. 1. A feigned spasm.

1936 Amer. Speech 11 12 Argot of narcotic addicts... Twister,..one who rolls his own twists, or marajuana cigarettes or, by extension, a marajuana addict.

1938 Amer. Speech 13 192/1 Twister. 3. A speed-ball or whiz-bang [vein-shot of mixed drugs]. 4. A bit of violent retching or vomiting of blood or mucus during withdrawal distress. 5. A ration of narcotics.

1951 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 27 Mar. 4/1 A powerful combination of ‘bernice snorting’ and heroin ‘shooting’ was called ‘blowing speed balls’ or ‘twisters’ or ‘whiz bangs’.

1959 J. E. Schmidt Narcotics Lingo & Lore 185 Twister, an intravenous injection of a potent narcotic taken by a drug addict, esp. a dose composed of heroin or morphine and cocaine.

10. Variant of twistor n. 1.

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twister's cramp n. Pathology pain in the hands or fingers produced by twisting or wringing.

1923 E. W. Hope Industr. Hygiene & Med. viii. 516 This process of knotting [the warp threads] is done by a peculiar rolling motion of the fingers. The constant repetition of the movement..gives rise in certain operatives to a peculiar trade affection known as ‘twister's cramp’, the symptoms of which are pain, usually referred to the base of the thumb, tenderness of the muscles, and sometimes swelling at the base of the thumb.

1967 Punch 29 Mar. 458/3 Twister's Cramp can still be acquired by any housewife who is eccentric enough to wring clothes by hand.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	twister
释义	twistern. Brit. /ˈtwɪstə/, U.S. /ˈtwɪstər/ Etymology: < twist v. + -er suffix¹. One who or that which twists. †1. One who prunes or clips trees. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > pruner shraggerc1440 twister1483 lopper1538 snedder1584 pruner1586 shredder1589 primer1611 topper1688 1483 Cath. Angl. 399/2 A Twyster of trees, defrondator. 2. A girder. Cf. twist n.¹ 3b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > beams or supports sillc897 sole-tree1527 spur1529 brace1530 rance1574 strut1587 ground pin1632 ground-plate1663 strut-beam1668 wale-piece1739 strutting-beam1753 wale1754 stretcher1774 tie1793 tie-beam1823 strutting1833 lattice frame1838 tie-bolt1838 tie rod1839 brace-rod1844 web1845 box girder1849 plate girder1849 lattice beam1850 lattice girder1852 girder1853 twister1875 under-girder1875 truss-beam1877 raker1880 wind-bracing1890 portal strut1894 stirrup1909 knee-brace1912 tee-beam1930 tee section1963 binder- 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Twister..2, a girder. 3. a. One who (or that which) spins thread, cord, or the like; spec. one whose occupation is to twist together the ends of the yarns of the new warp to those of that already woven. Also twister-in. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > one who spinner1393 twister1579 twisterer1725 yarn-spinner1813 twiner1885 1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Biv^v Which strong cord..the Lorde..turned to the strangling of the twisters thereof. 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 69 How many winders liue, How many twisters eke, and weauers thriue Vppon this trade? 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Retordeur, a twister, twiner. 1723 London Gaz. No. 6172/8 Samuel Brooke.., Twister. 1723 London Gaz. No. 6172/8 Nicholas Gudgeon.., Silver-Twister. 1799 Hull Advertiser 2 Mar. 4/4 The Man of the People..at a rope~maker's shop..besought..his interest..when the twister replied [etc.]. 1818 G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (ed. 2) 36 Elspet, Mausie, fatal sisters, Of the thread o' life the twisters. 1878 A. Barlow Hist. & Princ. Weaving xxx. 311 The ‘twister-in’ has no difficulty in finding the proper threads to twist together. 1895 Daily News 3 July 7/5 The threatened lock-out..at Burnley has been averted by the settlement of the twisters' dispute. b. A mechanical device for spinning yarns, etc.; spec. a throw-crook (dialect). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine twiner1611 twistera1703 filatory?18.. iron man1827 spinner1875 a1703 J. Wallis in J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. (1711) 283 He [a rope-maker], twerling his twister, makes a twist of the twine. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Twister, a reel used in twisting yarns or threads. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Twister, an implement used for twisting straw ropes for thatching, resembling a brace and bit, except that the bit has a hooked end. 1903 Dundee Advertiser 25 July 9 This machine..does more work in a given time than any other type of twister. c. A wheel, tourniquet, or other device by which torsional force is applied. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > condition of being twisted spirally > fact or action of > that which twister1833 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §2075 The Wringing-Machine..for small laundries. The articles to be wrung, when large, are taken out of the washing-tub, and, being passed over the pin,..the two ends are put through the hole of the twister,..which is turned round by the spokes. 1892 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 24 May One of the highwaymen..confessed his guilt after being tortured with ‘twisters’ and hot coals. 4. One who or that which turns about, turns from side to side, rotates, etc. †a. A twisting or twining shoot. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > tendril or twining shoot tenaclec1500 tendril1538 clasp1577 clasper1577 winder1577 capreol1578 taglet1578 twine1579 string1585 trail1597 tress1605 nervelet1648 cirrus1708 clavicle1725 twister1799 bine1808 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. xiv. 431 Fill a bag..of leaves and twisters of vine. b. One who turns this way and that; figurative one who shuffles or prevaricates; a dishonest person, a crook. slang. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty > dishonest person shondc725 makeshift1554 roundabout1605 fraudsman1613 trickster1711 bug1785 fly-by-night1796 twister1834 rigger1859 shyster1877 crook1879 heel1914 wide boy1937 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > one who acts evasively corner-creeper1563 palterer1589 shuffler1621 prevaricator1650 hedger1728 twister1834 pussyfoot1907 pussyfooter1923 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] shondc725 faitoura1340 fob1393 trumper?c1450 feature14.. chuffera1500 prowler1519 truphane1568 cozener1575 cogger1580 pretender1583 impostor1586 mountebank1589 sycophant?1589 foolmonger1593 affronter1598 assumer1600 knight (also lord, man, etc.) of gingerbread1602 pettifogger1602 budgeter1603 quacksalver1611 empiric1614 putter-off?1615 quack1638 stafador1638 saltimbanco1646 adventurer1648 fourbe1668 shammer1677 imposer1678 charlatana1680 sham1683 cheat1687 hocus1692 gull1699 shamster1716 coal-blower1720 humbugger1752 gagger1781 fudge1794 humbug1804 potwalloper1820 twister1834 jackleg1844 fraud1850 bunyip1852 empiricist1854 Bayswater Captain1880 bluffer1888 putter-down1906 quandong1939 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 359 The ambassador is..no commonplace twister and turner in the paths of diplomacy. 1863 Once a Week 9 568/2 One swags all that the palmer purchases, and stays outside to render the ‘twister’ any assistance he may need. 1897 Blackmore in Blackwood's Mag. July 61/2 I have handled a good many twisters and skippers in the way of savages. 1915 Film Flashes 4 Dec. 1 ‘Twisters’..endeavour to put German films in the picture houses, under the pretext that they were made in a neutral, Continental country. 1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement vii. 367 If you ask me, he looks a rotten twister—bit of a crook or something. 1937 Evening News 12 Mar. 15/6 (advt.) With the Lincoln and the Grand National in the offing, the twisters, the welshers, the ‘spivs’ and the ‘boys’ are getting ready for a profitable session of the gentle sport of rooking the racegoer. 1940 E. Pound Cantos LII–LXXI lv. 53 And Liu-hoei said Ngan was a twister. 1966 P. G. Wodehouse Plum Pie i. 48 To reason successfully with that king of the twisters one would need brass knucks and a stocking full of sand. 1976 Milton Keynes Express 23 July 7/3 He was said to have called two women teachers ‘cheats and twisters’ and had refused to apologise for his remarks. c. Cricket. A delivery in which the ball twists or ‘breaks’; a break; transferred in Real Tennis and other ball-games, a ‘screw’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > types of stroke service1611 serving1688 screw1865 cut1874 cutting service1874 boast1878 first serve1878 smash1882 twister1884 cross-shot1889 lob1890 ground stroke1895 lob ball1900 twist service1901 boasting1902 cross-volley1905 get1911 chop1913 forehander1922 kick serve1925 forehand1934 touch shot1936 dink1939 net shot1961 overhead1964 groundie1967 slice1969 moonball1975 moonballing1977 1832 P. Egan Bk. Sports 348/2 The batsman now his weapon rais'd To meet a puzzling twister. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. vi. 357 To come out..to Tom's wicket, and bowl slow twisters to him. 1862 C. S. Calverley Verses & Transl. (ed. 2) 50 I have stood serene..While the Buttress of the period Bowled me his peculiar twisters. 1884 J. Marshall Tennis Cuts 202 T was the Twister, that settled the rest. d. U.S. A whirling wind-storm: a cyclone, tornado. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind > whirlwind or tornado thodec725 storbilonc1315 whirlwinda1340 whirl-puffa1382 whirly-wind14.. rodion?a1439 tourbillion1477 trobelliona1500 hurlwind1509 typhon1555 whirler1606 travado1625 tornado1626 wild winda1661 turbo1677 vortexa1700 tornade1727 twirlwind1770 whirl-blast1800 coup de vent1831 twirlblast1865 twister1897 1897 Strand Mag. Sept. 266/1 Kansas..is a favourite spot of the ‘twisters’ as the Westerns playfully term their windy enemy (the tornado). 1902 W. M. Davis Elem. Physical Geogr. ii. 67 Violent local storms..are often called cyclones, or prairie twisters, in the Mississippi valley, but the name tornado is to be preferred. 1903 G. S. Wasson Cap'n Simeon's Store vi. 108 He see in his paper where the English ship Falls of Ettrick was plunked on the Diamond Shoal and had went to pieces in that ole twister of a breeze there was a spell ago. 1930 Neff & Henry Folk-Say Regional Misc. 48 I never did see so many of them little twisters all a-goin at one and the same time. 1955 Sci. News Let. 18 June 388/2 A Weather Bureau meteorologist is making miniature tornadoes in a small box in the hope of learning more about what causes ‘twisters’. 1967 Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. 1/2 The most vicious twisters in the history of the Midwest, striking heavily-populated sections of Northern Illinois and Western Michigan, left 53 dead. 1974 V. Nabokov Look at Harlequins (1975) iv. ii. 162 A group of fifteen schoolchildren..were safe in the sudden darkness of that sturdy building when the twister struck. 1977 J. Cleary Vortex iv. 93 You hear the twister warnings, too? e. A handle operated by twisting or rotating it. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle > operated in specific manner twister1902 1902 F. T. Bidlake in Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. Aug. 359/2 The..machine with the compound brake application, i.e., the combination of the lever and the twister. f. A grossly exaggerated tale; a lie. Nautical slang. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > of an exaggerated kind a tale (also gest, song, etc.) of Robin Hoodc1400 tale of a tub1532 Canterbury tale or story?a1550 romanza1622 romance1638 onea1642 Robin Hood tale1653 cock-and-bull story1670 stretcher1674 whid1794 fish-story1819 snake story1826 screamer1831 twister1834 ráiméis1835 Munchausen1840 skyscraper1840 Munchausenism1848 cock1851 snake yarn1891 furphy1916 fanny1930 the old ackamarackus1933 windy1933 1834 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch-bk. 2nd Ser. I. 235 I'm an even-minded man..that's providin' I wasn't provok'd by lying lip,—but if the best man in the sarvus was to come up to me,..to tell me such a thund'ring twister..why I'd just..floor the feller as flat as a flounder. 1850 H. Melville White-jacket lxxv. 370 Among innumerable ‘yarns and twisters’ reeled off in our main-top during our pleasant run to the north, none could match those of Jack Chase. 1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. May 358/1 ‘Twister’, broke in the petty officer; ‘I tell you it's as true as gospel’. g. A type of handcuff (see quot. 1939). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > for the hands or arms copsa700 manaclec1350 handlock1532 hand-bolt1563 handcuff1649 cuff1663 Darbies1673 glim-fenders1699 government securities1707 pinion1736 ruffles1776 bracelet1817 nippers1821 handicuff1825 shangy1839 snitchers1864 come-along1874 shackle-irons1876 mitten1880 wristlet1881 snaps1891 snips1891 stringers1893 twister1910 1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 296/1 Several recently invented appliances are used as handcuffs, e.g. snaps, nippers, twisters. They differ from handcuffs in being intended for one wrist only... The nippers can be instantly fastened on the wrist. 1939 Fortune July 104/1 A style of handcuff, sometimes called ‘twisters’, used by the New York police instead of the old bracelet type. It consists of a short length of chain with a T-bar at each end. The policeman wraps it around the prisoner's wrist, twists the two T's like a tourniquet as tightly as necessary to make the prisoners come along like a lamb. h. A key. twister to the slammer: (see quot. 1939). U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key key1434 clavis1649 twister1939 1939 Punch 15 Mar. 283/2 By-the-by, while you're going through your pockets there, old man, better make sure you've still got the Twister to the slammer. Key to the door. 1941 J. Smiley Hash House Lingo 55 Twister, key. 1970 C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 117 Twister, doorkey. i. = twitch n.¹ 1b (spec. sense). U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > noose for muzzle twitcher1688 twitch1783 twister1940 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet iii. ii. 223 He..reached down from its nail in the wall a short, smooth white-oak stick eyed at the end with a loop of hemp rope—a twister which Houston had used with his stallion. 1948 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 23 Aug. 4/4 A mean horse may take up to eight hours to shoe, using rope harnesses to tie up the leg being worked on, or even a ‘twister’ for the horse's nose. 1968 R. F. Adams Western Words (ed. 2) 334/1 Twitch, a small loop of cord with a stick through it used to punish a held horse. The loop is placed vertically around the animal's upper lip and then tightened by twisting the stick. Also called twister. j. One who dances the twist (twist n.¹ 13c). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > shaking or jiving dances > [noun] > dancer jitterbug1937 shagger1939 twister1966 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §583/27 Hip dancer…twister, wiggle dancer, wiggler.] 1966 ‘K. Nicholson’ Hook, Line & Sinker viii. 97 ‘I just go on Twist nights, don't I, Di?’ ‘She's a jolly good twister too.’ 1977 J. Wilson Making Hate ii. 21 He'd been the runner-up in the Champion Twister competition at the Palais. 5. One who curves, bends, or rolls something. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > condition of being twisted spirally > fact or action of > one who wreather1579 twister1879 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator iii. 158 The leaves are..placed over charcoal fires... The twisters roll them over with their hands until twisted. 6. That which (or one who) wrings or causes contortion; esp. figurative something that confounds, non-plusses, or ‘doubles up’, a ‘staggerer’ (slang). Also (dialect), a blow which makes the victim twist or writhe; also figurative in U.S. colloquial phrase to knock one the (or a) twister. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > [noun] > source of confusion apposalc1470 graveller1674 poser1793 twister1835 nonplusser1845 smog1954 mind-boggler1969 confusable1979 the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > a difficult problem knotc1000 a bone to pick (also gnaw)c1450 dark, hard sentence1535 nut1540 Gordian knot1579 nodus1728 teaser1759 stumper1807 Chinese puzzlec1815 facer1828 sticker1849 grueller1856 stumbler1863 twister1879 1835 in Amer. Speech (1965) 40 133 So, low each pill was a twister. I swallow'd about three Doctor's shops. 1843 J. R. Planché Fortunio i. ii. 9 Ha, ha! I think that was a twister! 1879 W. Black Macleod of Dare xl Well, you have had a twister; but you'll come through it. 1884 W. C. Russell Jack's Courtship xvi She had a letter from you this morning—a regular twister. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Twister.., a blow with a whip or other instrument. 1893 Daily Tel. 1 May 5/1 This was evidently a twister for the beggar-boy. 1896 G. Ade Artie vi. 55 That's what knocked me the twister. I thought this fellow was all right. 1908 G. Sanger 70 Years a Showman xvii. 59 I got a twister well home under his ribs that sent him grunting and staggering. 1934 G. Ade Let. 15 Mar. (1973) 181 I was, to use an old slang phrase, ‘knocked a twister’ when I received your letter [etc.]. 7. A voracious feeder. slang. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating voraciously > voracious eater swallowera1000 devourerc1384 vourera1425 francher1519 gulper1648 twister1694 bolter1826 wolfer1897 scoffer1935 1694 P. A. Motteux in tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. Prol. sig. Avj^v What Swillers, what Twisters will there be! 8. Insurance. An insurance salesman or agent who unscrupulously induces a holder to switch his policy from one company to another. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > one who insures someone else > insurance agent or broker ensurer1649 insurance broker1651 adjustor1871 twister1924 1924 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Add. Twist, v.t. Life Insurance. To induce (a person) to drop a policy already in force in a company other than that of the twisting agent for one in the agent's company.—twister, n. 1979 Telegraph (Brisbane) 24 Sept. 24/2 The industry calls it twisting. Presumably its practitioners are called twisters. The industry says that life insurance consumers are being ripped off by its practice. 9. U.S. slang. In various senses with reference to the taking of drugs (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a quantity of piece1935 twister1936 stash1942 trey1967 weight1971 eight ball1987 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [noun] > drug addict > addicted to marijuana muggler1936 twister1936 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a dose of > powerful hotshot1936 twister1936 1936 Amer. Speech 11 127/1 Twister. 1. A feigned spasm. 1936 Amer. Speech 11 12 Argot of narcotic addicts... Twister,..one who rolls his own twists, or marajuana cigarettes or, by extension, a marajuana addict. 1938 Amer. Speech 13 192/1 Twister. 3. A speed-ball or whiz-bang [vein-shot of mixed drugs]. 4. A bit of violent retching or vomiting of blood or mucus during withdrawal distress. 5. A ration of narcotics. 1951 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 27 Mar. 4/1 A powerful combination of ‘bernice snorting’ and heroin ‘shooting’ was called ‘blowing speed balls’ or ‘twisters’ or ‘whiz bangs’. 1959 J. E. Schmidt Narcotics Lingo & Lore 185 Twister, an intravenous injection of a potent narcotic taken by a drug addict, esp. a dose composed of heroin or morphine and cocaine. 10. Variant of twistor n. 1. Compounds Thesaurus » Categories » twister's cramp n. Pathology pain in the hands or fingers produced by twisting or wringing. 1923 E. W. Hope Industr. Hygiene & Med. viii. 516 This process of knotting [the warp threads] is done by a peculiar rolling motion of the fingers. The constant repetition of the movement..gives rise in certain operatives to a peculiar trade affection known as ‘twister's cramp’, the symptoms of which are pain, usually referred to the base of the thumb, tenderness of the muscles, and sometimes swelling at the base of the thumb. 1967 Punch 29 Mar. 458/3 Twister's Cramp can still be acquired by any housewife who is eccentric enough to wring clothes by hand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). twisterv. Brit. /ˈtwɪstə/, U.S. /ˈtwɪstər/ Etymology: < twist v. + -er suffix³. Now dialect. †1. transitive and intransitive. To twist, spin thread. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [verb (intransitive)] > spin spinc725 twisterc1605 thripa1652 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [verb (transitive)] > spin > spin thread spinc1290 twist1471 pirl1523 twisterc1605 upspin1925 c1605 Alleg. Worsted Weavers (BL Add. 12504) art. 64 Twistering one thridd of one coullour with another of another coullour. c1605 Alleg. Worsted Weavers (BL Add. 12504) art. 64 To twister a thridd of one colour with a thridd of another. 1687 R. Ferrier in Camden Misc. IX. vii. 30 Many..as they grow up, do work, some of whom twister, others net. 2. intransitive. To wind, meander. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > change direction > turn or bend > bend or wind twine1553 crankle1598 crinklea1600 creek1610 straggle1612 wind1613 serpentize1699 wander1747 serpentine1767 meander1785 zigzag1787 serpentinize1791 twister1872 snake1875 twist1879 1872 J. Spilling Giles' Trip to London ii. 17 Straight on as ever yow can go in these twistering straats. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Twister, to twist or turn. Derivatives ˈtwistering adj. winding, twisting. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > bending or winding winding1555 straying1585 crankling1596 meandrian1608 tortive1609 meandered1612 serpentine1615 snailing1615 meandering1617 meandrous1639 meandric1658 wandering1667 wimpling1721 spiral1796 circumvolutory1834 wormy1869 twistering1872 twistified1872 twistical1890 1872Twistering [see sense 2]. † ˈtwisterer n. Obsolete a twister or spinner. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > one who spinner1393 twister1579 twisterer1725 yarn-spinner1813 twiner1885 1725 London Gaz. No. 6380/13 Charles Scot,..Twisterer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1483v.c1605
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