Twister
noun
A tornado or a cyclone.
The twister caused a lot of damage to the city.
Often appears as...
- tornado twister
- twister hit
noun
A difficult situation or problem.
The math problem was a real twister.
Often appears as...
- real twister
- twister problem
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A game played on a large plastic mat, where people use their bodies to reach different colored spots.
At the party, we played a fun game of Twister.
Often appears as...
- game of twister
- play twister
noun
A tool used to twist things like wires or papers together.
Using a twister, he securely bound the wires together.
Often appears as...
- wire twister
- paper twister
noun
A person who intentionally confuses or deceives people by twisting truth.
Don't trust him, he is a twister.
Often appears as...
- truth twister
- be a twister
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A tornado or a cyclone.
The twister caused a lot of damage to the city.
Often appears as...
- tornado twister
- twister hit
noun
A difficult situation or problem.
The math problem was a real twister.
Often appears as...
- real twister
- twister problem
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A game played on a large plastic mat, where people use their bodies to reach different colored spots.
At the party, we played a fun game of Twister.
Often appears as...
- game of twister
- play twister
noun
A tool used to twist things like wires or papers together.
Using a twister, he securely bound the wires together.
Often appears as...
- wire twister
- paper twister
noun
A person who intentionally confuses or deceives people by twisting truth.
Don't trust him, he is a twister.
Often appears as...
- truth twister
- be a twister
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Weather Severity
Used specifically for severe weather events, emphasizing their powerful and dangerous nature.
The twister uprooted trees and homes.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Onset
Often suggests the sudden and unexpected appearance of a violent storm.
A twister touched down without warning.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
The term 'twister' might evoke imagery of historical America, especially the Great Plains.
Pioneers feared the sight of a twister on the horizon.
Pro Tip 1/3Weather Severity
Used specifically for severe weather events, emphasizing their powerful and dangerous nature.
The twister uprooted trees and homes.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Onset
Often suggests the sudden and unexpected appearance of a violent storm.
A twister touched down without warning.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
The term 'twister' might evoke imagery of historical America, especially the Great Plains.
Pioneers feared the sight of a twister on the horizon.
Pro Tip 1/3Weather Severity
Used specifically for severe weather events, emphasizing their powerful and dangerous nature.
The twister uprooted trees and homes.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Onset
Often suggests the sudden and unexpected appearance of a violent storm.
A twister touched down without warning.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
The term 'twister' might evoke imagery of historical America, especially the Great Plains.
Pioneers feared the sight of a twister on the horizon.
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The pleasure of poetic...
"So long lives this and this gives life to thee." In fact, this type of specific consonance, which occurs at the beginning of words may be familiar to you already. It's called alliteration, or front rhyme. Great examples include tongue twisters.
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#OurEarth Innovation in...
has built a fairly harrowing life's work for himself he predicts when a tornado will hit he gets himself there before it actually arrives to put down a recording probe that he's actually designed into the twisters path and then he gets out
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How To Make Cypress Rope...
really timeless simple technology my twisters really really tight there's basically more friction understanding friction and gravity and letting those work together with you it was going to be technology is really important I
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Urban Tornadoes PIPE...
than break it up as usual to answer this scientists first need to understand more about how tornadoes form but twisters don't give up their secrets easily observers who get too close can pay with
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Tornadoes 101 PIPE National...
miles across that's wider across the Manhattan research has allowed us to identify the essential ingredients needed for twisters to form in the u.s. warm moist air typically from the Gulf
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Inside the Tornado PIPE...
than anyone realized helping explain how tornadoes maintain their strength the probe recorded images from the edge of a twister but none from inside the tornado
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Inside the Tornado PIPE...
tornadoes maintain their strength the probe recorded images from the edge of a twister but none from inside the tornado that the closer I come to that type of
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Nat Geo Kids Just...
that's knock knock joke for more hilarious jokes tongue twisters and riddles check out National Geographic kids just joking available wherever books are sold
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Tornadoes 101 PIPE National...
call them twisters or tornadoes nature's most violent storms with swirling winds
Video examples
Probing Tornadoes PIPE...
take it didn't I but playing chicken with a twister is a dangerous game
Video examples
The pleasure of poetic...
"So long lives this and this gives life to thee." In fact, this type of specific consonance, which occurs at the beginning of words may be familiar to you already. It's called alliteration, or front rhyme. Great examples include tongue twisters.
Video examples
#OurEarth Innovation in...
has built a fairly harrowing life's work for himself he predicts when a tornado will hit he gets himself there before it actually arrives to put down a recording probe that he's actually designed into the twisters path and then he gets out
Video examples
How To Make Cypress Rope...
really timeless simple technology my twisters really really tight there's basically more friction understanding friction and gravity and letting those work together with you it was going to be technology is really important I
Video examples
Urban Tornadoes PIPE...
than break it up as usual to answer this scientists first need to understand more about how tornadoes form but twisters don't give up their secrets easily observers who get too close can pay with
Video examples
Tornadoes 101 PIPE National...
miles across that's wider across the Manhattan research has allowed us to identify the essential ingredients needed for twisters to form in the u.s. warm moist air typically from the Gulf
Video examples
Inside the Tornado PIPE...
than anyone realized helping explain how tornadoes maintain their strength the probe recorded images from the edge of a twister but none from inside the tornado
Video examples
Inside the Tornado PIPE...
tornadoes maintain their strength the probe recorded images from the edge of a twister but none from inside the tornado that the closer I come to that type of
Video examples
Nat Geo Kids Just...
that's knock knock joke for more hilarious jokes tongue twisters and riddles check out National Geographic kids just joking available wherever books are sold
Video examples
Tornadoes 101 PIPE National...
call them twisters or tornadoes nature's most violent storms with swirling winds
Video examples
Probing Tornadoes PIPE...
take it didn't I but playing chicken with a twister is a dangerous game
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Limmy
Scottish Comedian
My son likes Doctor Seuss books, but they're right tongue twisters. You get to certain bits and you stumble your words and it makes you feel like an idiot.
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Ron Howard
American Director
Unlike the twisters he famously chased in the movies, Bill Paxton was the kind of force of nature you ran toward and never away from.
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Quvenzhane Wallis
American Actress
I work with my acting coach to help me get into character and do pronunciation drills and tongue twisters to help me deliver lines.
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Emma Watson
British Actress
Hermione uses all these big long tongue twister words. I don't know what she's going on about half the time!
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Limmy
Scottish Comedian
My son likes Doctor Seuss books, but they're right tongue twisters. You get to certain bits and you stumble your words and it makes you feel like an idiot.
Quote examples
Ron Howard
American Director
Unlike the twisters he famously chased in the movies, Bill Paxton was the kind of force of nature you ran toward and never away from.
Quote examples
Quvenzhane Wallis
American Actress
I work with my acting coach to help me get into character and do pronunciation drills and tongue twisters to help me deliver lines.
Quote examples
Emma Watson
British Actress
Hermione uses all these big long tongue twister words. I don't know what she's going on about half the time!
Example 1 of 4
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