twister

twist·er  (twstr)

n.

1. One that twists, as in the manufacture of rope or yarn.

2. Sports A ball thrown or batted with a twist.

3. Informal A tornado or cyclone.

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twister [ˈtwɪstə]

n

1. Brit a swindling or dishonest person

2. a person or thing that twists, such as a device used in making ropes

3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) US and Canadian an informal name for tornado

4. (General Sporting Terms) a ball moving with a twisting motion

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twister

whirlwind.

See also: Wind

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	twister - a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground tornado cyclone - a violent rotating windstorm supertwister - the most powerful tornado which can create enormously devastating damage; "supertwisters are fortunately rare" waterspout - a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist
	2.	twister - small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts cruller friedcake - small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat

Translations

twister [ˈtwɪstəʳ] N

1. (US) (= tornado) → huracán m

2. (Brit) (= crook) → estafador(a) m/f

twister [ˈtwɪstə^r] (US) n → tornade f

twister

n

(Brit, pej, = person) → Gauner(in) m(f), → Halunke m

(Brit, = question) → harte Nuss (inf); (= problem) → harter Brocken (inf)

(US inf: = tornado) → Wirbelsturm m, → Tornado m

(= dancer) → Twisttänzer(in) m(f)

twister [ˈtwɪstəʳ] n (fam)

a. (cheat) → imbroglione/a

b. (Am) (tornado) → tornado

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twister [ˈtwɪstəʳ] n (fam)

a. (cheat) → imbroglione/a

b. (Am) (tornado) → tornado