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TWISTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
Synonyms:
cruller; twister
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("twister" is a kind of...):
friedcake (small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
Synonyms:
tornado; twister
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("twister" is a kind of...):
cyclone (a violent rotating windstorm)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "twister"):
supertwister (the most powerful tornado which can create enormously devastating damage)
waterspout (a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist)
Derivation:
twist (to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling))
