twister

Substantiv

1. 1

   One who twists.

2. 2

   One who twists. One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.

3. 3

   An instrument used in twisting or making twists.

   He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine.

4. 4

   A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.

5. 5

   A tornado.

6. 6

   A girder.

7. 7

   veraltendThe inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.

8. 8

   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 remains with hobnailed boots, I don't feel much about her one way or the other.”

9. 9

   Any member of the species Tholymis tillarga of libellulid dragonfly, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

10. 10

    The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.

Formen

Plural

twisters