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| 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
- 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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