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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There will also be snow play, cookie decorating, a stilt walker, bubble elf, face painters, balloon twisters, bounce houses, crafts and a magician with three shows.
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Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
Footage shows the murky twister rotating, leaving onlookers in awe.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
Aerial footage showed the destruction wrought by the twister, with roofs ripped off buildings, some of them reduced to rubble.
—CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Speaking of weather events, who remembers this powerful twister that hit Johnson County in 1966?
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
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Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
Footage shows the murky twister rotating, leaving onlookers in awe.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
Aerial footage showed the destruction wrought by the twister, with roofs ripped off buildings, some of them reduced to rubble.
—CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Speaking of weather events, who remembers this powerful twister that hit Johnson County in 1966?
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for twister
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“Twister.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twister. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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