'Twister' definitions:
Definition of 'twister'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Twister'
From: GCIDE
- Twister \Twist"er\, n.
- 1. One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The instrument used in twisting, or making twists. [1913 Webster]
- He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine. --Wallis. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Carp.) A girder. --Craig. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Man.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback. --Craig. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'twister'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apple fritter,
- baguio,
- beignet,
- beignet aux pommes,
- bismarck,
- cheat,
- con man,
- confidence man,
- crook,
- cruller,
- cyclone,
- deceiver,
- doughnut,
- dust devil,
- fastnacht,
- fraud,
- friedcake,
- fritter,
- hurricane,
- imposter,
- impostor,
- mountebank,
- olykoek,
- rainspout,
- raised doughnut,
- rogue,
- rotary storm,
- sand column,
- sandspout,
- scoundrel,
- sinker,
- swindler,
- tornado,
- trickster,
- typhoon,
- waterspout,
- whirlblast,
- whirlwind,
- wind eddy