twister

[ UK /twˈɪstɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈtwɪstɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
  2. a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
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How To Use twister In A Sentence

  • This tornado hit Furnace county, Nebraska, and it is one of 100 twisters that ravaged must of the Midwest over the weekend.
  • Hopefully, no unsuspecting schoolchild will be expected to read the report out loud as it is a hotbed of alliteration and tongue-twisters.
  • You can feel the heat of this conflagration over one hundred yards away and it burns all night to the sound of local teens puking up over the side of the fairground twister.
  • The twister or funnel cloud was spotted at around 4pm yesterday as a torrential downpour rained on the town.
  • [with the half-butt as an engine of public opinion] till the rumour went abroad that young men who used the Tail Twisters as a crutch to the Under the Deodars
  • And if anyone wanted a little extra excitement then the Tralee Chamber had an inflatable bungee, twister and jousting games for the patrons to enjoy.
  • The moment Master Chou finished his incredible tongue twister, audiences just went buzzing.
  • At two o'clock the music and voices and thumping from the other room stopped, and I thought it was high time to go home, but when I went out there, trailing the blanket behind me, I found them all passed out: Louise face down on the Twister mat, a snoring Ted mountain near the fireplace, my parents spooning together in a corner like Pompeii people. Babies
  • The black shadows darting around everywhere, the rain of fire, the lightning, the enormous twisters… but she did not halt, and only pushed more determinedly on.
  • I remark on the pungent foliage, and smartly share my knowledge that the word tansy comes from the French word for “nose-twister.” Garden Goddess for Hire
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