different between twister vs twistier

English

Etymology

From Middle English twyster, equivalent to twist +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tw?st?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?st?(r)

Noun

twister (plural twisters)

1. One who twists.
   1. One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
2. The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
   • 1653, John Wallis, Grammatica Linguæ Anglicanæ

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

3. A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
4. (colloquial) A tornado.
5. (carpentry) A girder

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6. (dated) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
7. (Britain, colloquial) A crook, a villain.
8. The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.

Translations

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:twister.

Derived terms

• titty twister
• tongue-twister

See also

• dust devil
• water spout
• willy-willy

Anagrams

• Witters, retwist, witters, writest

French

Etymology

From twist +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twis.te/

Verb

twister

1. (dance) to dance the twist, to twist

Conjugation

Further reading

• “twister” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Adjective

twistier

1. comparative form of twisty: more twisty

Anagrams

• twirties