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- [twis-ter]
- /ˈtwɪs tər/
- /ˈtwɪs.tər/
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- [twis-ter]
- /ˈtwɪs tər/
Definitions of twister word
- noun twister a person or thing that twists. 1
- noun twister Informal. a whirlwind or tornado. 1
- noun twister Chiefly British Informal. a deceitful, unscrupulous person. 1
- abbreviation TWISTER tornado 1
- countable noun twister A twister is the same as a tornado. 0
- noun twister a swindling or dishonest person 0
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Origin of twister
First appearance:
before 1475 One of the 25% oldest English words
1475-85; 1895-1900 for def 2; twist + -er1
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Parts of speech for Twister
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
twister popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
twister usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for twister
noun twister
- abstruseness — hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
- brainteaser — an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc.
- cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
- closed book — something deemed unknown or incapable of being understood
- cyclone — A cyclone is a violent tropical storm in which the air goes round and round.
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