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Synonyms for twister


Grammar : Noun
Spell : twis-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtwɪs tər



Définition of twister

Origin :
  • 1570s, "one who spins thread," agent noun from twist (v.). Meaning "tornado" is attested from 1881, American English.
  • noun weather event
Example sentences :
  • You're right, though,' says he, and with that he tries to put a twister on Diablo's nose.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • "I can tell he's going to be a twister," warned Cousin Egbert.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • We're out of the path of the worst of the 'twister,' but it's best to take no chances.
  • Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch » by Laura Lee Hope
  • A second later a "twister" from the hills hit us, and adroitly he headed her into it.
  • Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson
  • The last summer month brings to the Cape the August twister and the August tide.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of Weakness » by Charles Neville Buck
  • Curry sent a twister over second that Mullen could not get under.
  • Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Home Run King » by Lester Chadwick
  • From the hand of the twister no action is descried, for the oracle must be infallible.
  • Extract from : « Sketches of Central Asia (1868) » by Arminius Vmbry
  • That twister easily can lift a building from its foundation.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Pact » by Mildred A. Wirt
  • It puzzles the swells, so, no doubt, it's too much of a twister for me.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, November 19, 1887 » by Various
  • Then planted his toe on the rubber plate and shot in a "twister."
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Reward » by Burt L. Standish

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