twister
English
/ˈtwɪstə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- One who twists.
- The 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) A crook, a villain.
- The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English twyster suffix from English twist.
Origin
English
twist
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atwist English
- entwist English
- intertwist English
- intwist English
- jaw English
- jaw-twister English
- knife English
- knife twister English
- multitwist English
- nontwist English
- overtwist English
- retwist English
- supertwist English
- supertwister English
- twist English
- twistability English
- twistable English
- twistest English
- twisteth English
- twistfree English
- twistful English
- twistgrip English
- twistical English
- twistie English
- twistification English
- twistless English
- twistlock English
- twisty English
- untwist English
- twist Finnish
- Twist German
- twist Dutch, Flemish
- twist French
- твист Russian
- twist Spanish, Castilian
- twist Portuguese
- twist Middle English
- twyster Middle English
- twist Czech
- tvist Serbo-Croatian
- tvist Faroese