twister
/ˈtwɪstə/US/ˈtwɪstəɹ/
twister noun: one who twists.
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.
- He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine.1653, John Wallis, Grammatica Linguæ Anglicanæ
- A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
- A tornado.
- A girder.
- The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
- 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...1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX
- Any member of the 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.
Proper noun capitalized: Twister
Twister
- 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.2008, Daccia Bloomfield, Dora Borealis
twister meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
twister in Hindi
- ट्विस्टर
twister in Tamil
- ட்விஸ்டர்
twister in Marathi
- ट्विस्टर
twister in Urdu
- بٹیا, مروڑیا
More languagesFewer languages
- twister in Bengali
- টুইস্টার
- twister in Telugu
- ట్విస్టర్
- twister in Malayalam
- ട്വിസ്റ്റർ
- twister in Kannada
- ಅಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ವಂಚಕ
- twister in Punjabi
- ਟਵਿਸਟਰ, ਟਵੀਸਟਰ, ਟਵਿੱਸਟਰ
- twister in Gujarati
- ટ્વિસ્ટર
- twister in Odia
- ଟ୍ବିଷ୍ଟର, ଟ୍ବିଷ୍ଟର୍, ଟ୍ୱିଷ୍ଟର
- twister in Nepali
- ट्विस्टर
Forms of twister
| plural | twisters |
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Origin of twister
From Middle English twyster, equivalent to twist + -er.
Words formed from twister
Phrases with twister
Words that rhyme with twister
- sister
- mister
- blister
- bistre
- resistor
- transistor
- Bicester
- cister
- clyster
- mixter
- Mr.
- sister from another mister
4 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about twister
- What does twister mean?
- Twister means one who twists.
- What is twister in Hindi?
- Twister in Hindi is ट्विस्टर. See Twister meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is twister?
- Twister can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce twister?
- Twister is pronounced /ˈtwɪstə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of twister?
- The plural of twister is twisters.
Words near twister in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: twister (page history and authors); Twister (page history and authors); twister (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); twister (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); twister (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); twister (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); twister (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); twister (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); twister (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); twister (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); twister (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); twister (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); twister (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); twister (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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