"twister" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtwɪstə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈtwɪstɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twister.wav Forms: twisters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English twyster, equivalent to twist + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|twyster}} Middle English twyster, {{suffix|en|twist|er}} twist + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} twister (plural twisters)
  1. One who twists.
    Sense id: en-twister-en-noun-FUT8Mf6j
  2. One who twists.
    One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
    Sense id: en-twister-en-noun-955rP3YL
  3. An instrument used in twisting or making twists.
    Sense id: en-twister-en-noun-YRhnD1OS
  4. A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
    Sense id: en-twister-en-noun-~JQFtbGe
  5. (colloquial) A tornado. Tags: colloquial Translations (tornado): торнадо (tornado) [neuter] (Bulgarian), смерч (smerč) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ᎠᎦᎷᎦ (agaluga) (Cherokee), торна́до (tornádo) [neuter] (Macedonian), tūkauati (Maori)
    Sense id: en-twister-en-noun-NZWjbNff Disambiguation of 'tornado': 2 2 3 1 82 2 1 2 2 3
  6. (carpentry) A girder. Categories (topical): Carpentry
    Sense id: en-twister-en-noun-C8Sfliu7 Topics: business, carpentry, construction, manufacturing
  7. (dated) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-twister-en-noun-1dlqxcq~
  8. (British, colloquial) A crook, a villain. Tags: British, colloquial
    Sense id: en-twister-en-noun-QnDAc2dn Categories (other): British English
  9. Any of species Tholymis tillarga of libellulid dragonfly, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Categories (topical): Wind Categories (lifeform): Libellulid dragonflies
    Sense id: en-twister-en-noun-oC6YFhSI Disambiguation of Wind: 6 6 0 1 9 3 0 2 58 14 Disambiguation of Libellulid dragonflies: 7 7 2 2 2 3 1 2 62 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 3 5 2 6 1 7 39 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 10 10 4 5 4 5 1 10 36 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 10 3 3 4 3 1 4 46 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 10 2 3 3 3 1 4 47 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 12 2 2 2 2 1 3 48 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 8 3 7 3 8 1 13 39 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Cherokee translations: 7 7 2 6 3 7 1 10 44 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 9 9 5 6 2 8 1 14 35 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 7 7 3 6 3 7 1 12 41 12
  10. The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.
    Sense id: en-twister-en-noun-Pui-RE4N
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: arm-twister, arm twister, fossil twister, jaw-twister, knife twister, knife-twister, Labrador twister, Mersenne twister, titty twister, tongue-twister Related terms: dust devil, water spout, willy-willy

Inflected forms

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twister.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twister.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twister.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twister.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tornado",
      "sense": "tornado",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "торнадо"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smerč",
      "sense": "tornado",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "смерч"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "agaluga",
      "sense": "tornado",
      "word": "ᎠᎦᎷᎦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tornádo",
      "sense": "tornado",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "торна́до"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "tornado",
      "word": "tūkauati"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twister"
}

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