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twisty

/ˈtwɪsti/

twisty adjective: characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.

Adjective

twisty (comparative twistier, superlative twistiest)

  1. Characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.
    • lost in a twisty labyrinth
    • "When he had religion he used to be always hammerin' up seats and summer-houses and things out of bits of twisty wood. Mad over that, he was."1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 136

Noun

twisty (plural twisties)

  1. Something that is twisty, such as a road
    • On lonely twisties in upstate New York, the driver of a Porsche Boxster S surely found my unshakable Mini anything but cute.2007 March 18, Lawrence Ulrich, “There’s More Than Meets the Eye”, in New York Times
  2. A strand of hair twisted together in a braid-like fashion
    • I was introduced to the panorama of twisties, barrettes, hair and scalp conditioner (basically hair grease), brushes for every occasion and narrow- and wide-tooth combs.2007 March 22, Randal C. Archibold, “I Have Taken on My Daughter’s Hair and Won”, in New York Times
  3. A collapsible element having a marker such as a small triangle that rotates between horizontal and vertical positions to indicate whether the content is currently hidden or expanded.
    • The document is divided up into a number of sections controlled by twisties.1998, Steve Oliver, Pete Wood, Lotus Domino Web Site Development, page 96

twisty meaning in Malayalam

twisty in Malayalam

winding, windy, twisting
വളഞ്ഞുതിരിഞ്ഞ, ചുറ്റിപ്പിണഞ്ഞ, വളഞ്ഞുതിരിഞ്ഞുപോകുന്ന, സർപ്പി, വളഞ്ഞുപുളഞ്ഞുപോകുന്ന, വളവും തിരിവുമുള്ള

Examples of twisty in a sentence

  • The twisty, ropy kind that personifies flow – all congealed motion – is called pahoehoe.
  • It’s short, zippy, interesting and twisty without ever being complicated.
  • He flew through the moonlight streets, clattering over cobbles, darting down narrow alleys and up twisty wynds, racing to his love.

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Forms of twisty

Adjective
comparativetwistier
superlativetwistiest
Noun
pluraltwisties

Origin of twisty

From twist + -y.

Words formed from twisty

Phrases with twisty

Words that rhyme with twisty

Questions about twisty

What does twisty mean?
Twisty means characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.
What is twisty in Malayalam?
Twisty in Malayalam is വളഞ്ഞുതിരിഞ്ഞ, ചുറ്റിപ്പിണഞ്ഞ, വളഞ്ഞുതിരിഞ്ഞുപോകുന്ന. See Twisty meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is twisty?
Twisty can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce twisty?
Twisty is pronounced /ˈtwɪsti/.

Words near twisty in the dictionary

  1. twists the knife in the wound
  2. twists up
  3. twistwing
  4. twistwings
  5. twistwork
  6. twisty
  7. twisty fries
  8. twisty puzzle
  9. twisty puzzles
  10. twisty tie
  11. twisty ties

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: twisty (page history and authors); twisty (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset 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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