Meaning

One who twists..

Definitions by Sense

1. One who twists.
2. An instrument used in twisting or making twists.
3. A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
4. (colloquial) A tornado.
5. (carpentry) A girder.
6. (dated) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
7. (British, colloquial) A crook, a villain.
8. Any of species Tholymis tillarga of libellulid dragonfly, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

Example Sentences

He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine.

“I don't know if it's my imagination, Kipper,” I said, “but something gives me the impression that at moment of going to press you aren't too sold on Bobbie.” He shrugged a shoulder. “Oh, I wouldn't say that. Apart from wishing I could throttle the young twister with my bare hands and jump on the remains with hobnailed boots, I don't feel much about her one way or the other.”

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