From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtwistertwist‧er /ˈtwɪstə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 1 British English informalCHEAT someone who cheats other people2 American English informalHEM a tornado
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twister• Being in a car that is lifted into the sky by a twister tends to give you good material.• Soon these combined winds of dissent would grow into a twister of protest.• I mistrust a twister like Herbert Samuel.• She may be a back-stabbing, double-dealing, power-hungry twister, but she's one of my own kind.• A team of scientists chases tornadoes, then the twisters chase the scientists. 