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twister¹

  • /ˈtwɪstə/ UK
  • /ˈtwɪstəɹ/ US

Rhymes with -ɪstə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

noun twisters

  1. One who twists.
  2. One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
  3. An instrument used in twisting or making twists. He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine.
  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. UK, colloquial A crook, a villain. “I don't know if it's my imagination, Kipper,” I said, “but something gives me the impression that at moment of going to press you aren't too sold on Bobbie.” He shrugged a shoulder. “Oh, I wouldn't say that. Apart from wishing I could throttle the young twister with my bare hands and jump on the re
  9. Any member of the 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.

Twister²

proper noun

  1. A party game that requires several players on a single mat to straddle four colored rows of dots in randomly selected positions without falling. In the foyer, a game of Twister has started. It's appealing because all of the women are wearing lowriders.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tornado, cruller, twist, pit, storm, whirlwind, cyclone, hurricane, typhoon, twirler, contortionist, untangler, twerker, turner, tangler, unraveler

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"twister." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/twister. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

twister. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/twister

Chicago

"twister." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/twister.

BibTeX
@misc{twister_2026,
  title = {twister},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/twister},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}