1
: one that twists
especially
: a ball with a forward and spinning motion
2
: a tornado, waterspout, or dust devil in which the rotatory ascending movement of a column of air is especially apparent
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Send in the drones Despite the drama of a churning twister, the center of a tornado probably isn’t where the answers lie.
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Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
The Children’s Corner will have amusement rides, free crafts for kids, face painting, games, balloon twisters and a petting zoo.
—Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2023
Dozens of trees snapped or were uprooted by a twister in the town of Glocester, Rhode Island, and a structure used as a bus shelter was blown away, the weather service said.
—David Sharp and Patrick Whittle, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
The second baseman whose batting helmet and sunglasses routinely fly about as if caught in a Texas twister, quietly has become one of the most valuable players in baseball.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
Radar indicated the twister scattered debris up to two miles away.
—Ian Livingston, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
At its widest, the dangerous twister careening through one of the nation’s poorest communities stretched three-quarters of a mile.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 10 May 2023
Minutes later, at 10:23, another twister struck Belleville, near the Wagner Homestead Farm and tracking southeast, uprooting trees along the way and hitting Mobile Manor Trail Park.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023
The worst damage was on Byron Randall Road in Scituate, where the twister first touched down.
—Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
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Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
The Children’s Corner will have amusement rides, free crafts for kids, face painting, games, balloon twisters and a petting zoo.
—Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2023
Dozens of trees snapped or were uprooted by a twister in the town of Glocester, Rhode Island, and a structure used as a bus shelter was blown away, the weather service said.
—David Sharp and Patrick Whittle, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
The second baseman whose batting helmet and sunglasses routinely fly about as if caught in a Texas twister, quietly has become one of the most valuable players in baseball.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
Radar indicated the twister scattered debris up to two miles away.
—Ian Livingston, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
At its widest, the dangerous twister careening through one of the nation’s poorest communities stretched three-quarters of a mile.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 10 May 2023
Minutes later, at 10:23, another twister struck Belleville, near the Wagner Homestead Farm and tracking southeast, uprooting trees along the way and hitting Mobile Manor Trail Park.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023
The worst damage was on Byron Randall Road in Scituate, where the twister first touched down.
—Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
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1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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