Twister

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that twists, as in the manufacture of rope or yarn.
  • n. Sports A ball thrown or batted with a twist.
  • n. Informal A tornado or cyclone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who twists.
  • n. The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
  • n. A tornado.
  • n. A girder
  • n. The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
  • n. A crook, a villain.
  • n. The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
  • n. The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
  • n. A girder.
  • n. The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n.
  • n. A twisting or zigzag movement of a horse.
  • n. A somersault in which the body rotates or ‘twists.’ See spotter, 5.
  • n. One who or that which twists. Specifically
  • n. An implement or device used for twisting yarns, threads, cords, etc.
  • n. In carpentry, a girder.
  • n. That which is twisted or which moves with a twist, as a ball in cricket or billiards.
  • n. That which twists, writhes, or contorts.
  • n. One who trims trees by lopping. Cath. Ang. A bird that flies with twisting or zigzag flight, as the snipe.
  • n. In the manège, the inner part of the thigh: the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
  • n. a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
  • Hypernym
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    friedcake   
    Cross Reference
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    girder   
    Rhyme
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    Lister    Mister    Mr    Mr.    Sister    Sr    blister    lister    mister    sister   
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