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. An instrument used in twisting or making twists.

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

   1653, John Wallis, Grammatica Linguæ Anglicanæ

3. A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
4. colloquialA tornado.
5. businessA girder.
6. datedThe inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
7. UKcolloquialA crook, a villain.

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   “I don't know if it's my imagination, Kipper,” I said, “but something gives me the impression that at moment of going to press you aren't too sold on Bobbie.” He shrugged a shoulder. “Oh, I wouldn't say that. Apart from wishing I could throttle the young twister with my bare hands and jump on the remains with hobnailed boots, I don't feel much about her one way or the other.”

   1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX

8. Any member of the species Tholymis tillarga of libellulid dragonfly, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
9. The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.

1. A party game that requires several players on a single mat to straddle four colored rows of dots in randomly selected positions without falling.

   In the foyer, a game of Twister has started. It's appealing because all of the women are wearing lowriders.

   2008, Daccia Bloomfield, Dora Borealis