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[ twis-ter ] / ˈtwɪs tər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR twister ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person or thing thattwists. Informal. a whirlwind or tornado. Chiefly British Informal. a deceitful, unscrupulous person. Origin of twister1475–85; 1895–1900 for def. 2; twist + -er1 Words nearby twistertwist, twist around one's finger, twist drill, twisted hairs, twisted stomach worm, twister, twist grip, twisting, twist in the wind, twist someone's arm, twist tie Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for twisterWhen the twister tore through Moore, Mona Thomas lost everything. The Twister Stole My Pet: How Cats, Dogs, and a Donkey Survived Oklahoma|Christine Pelisek|May 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST If that is so, then the twister was a measure of the forces we are playing with. Oklahoma Tornado Devastation: What the Twister Left Behind|Michael Daly|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST It can shelter 3,000 people, if they can get there before a twister strikes. More Tornado Shelters? Not Necessarily|David Cay Johnston|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST The 1999 twister caused the fastest wind speed ever recorded on Earth up to that time: 318 miles per hour. Moore, Oklahoma, May Be the Tornado Capital of America|Eliza Shapiro|May 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The twister was recorded as a F4 tornado, the second-highest intensity on the Fujita scale. Moore, Oklahoma, May Be the Tornado Capital of America|Eliza Shapiro|May 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST A second later a "twister" from the hills hit us, and adroitly he headed her into it. Frenzied Finance|Thomas W. Lawson You looked out of the window and told the teacher that the twister was going north of us, and would kill somebody else. The Brown Mouse|Herbert Quick "I was on a barkentine, trading between New York and Brazil once, when we got hit by a twister," said a machinist's mate. The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service|Frank Gee Patchin The thought suddenly occurred to him that the best way to meet the twister would be head-on. The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service|Frank Gee Patchin Jack was fully qualified to assume this task, and it was seldom they were ever able to stump him with a twister. Motor Boat Boys Down the Danube|Louis Arundel
British Dictionary definitions for twister
nounBritish a swindling or dishonest person a person or thing that twists, such as a device used in making ropes US and Canadian an informal name for tornado a ball moving with a twisting motion Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to twistertornado, cyclone, whirlwind, typhoon |