twister

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English twyster, equivalent to twist +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtwɪstə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtwɪstɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ) === Noun === twister (plural twisters) One who twists. One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving. An instrument used in twisting or making twists. A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards. (colloquial) A tornado. (carpentry) A girder. (dated) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback. (British, colloquial) A crook, a villain. Any of species Tholymis tillarga of libellulid dragonfly, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:twister. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== dust devil water spout willy-willy === Anagrams === Witters, retwist, witters, writest == French == === Etymology === From twist +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /twis.te/ === Verb === twister (dance) to dance the twist, to twist ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “twister”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012