twisters
Violent rotating winds
Twisters is the plural of twister.
A twister is a tornado, especially in American regional usage: The twisters tore through the trailer park.
A twister can also be a person or thing that twists—someone who distorts the truth, or a ball thrown with spin.
A tongue twister is a phrase difficult to articulate quickly: She sells seashells by the seashore.
Cone directing flow
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- supercellRotating severe thunderstorm
- vortexRotating fluid column
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
destruction · devastation · sirens · shelter · debris · outbreak · alley · warning
Swing-era dance or bunk
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- rockabillyHillbilly-influenced early rock
- partnerOne who shares activity
- spinRapid rotation around axis
Flat floor covering
- spinnerThing that rotates
- dotsSmall circular marks
- HasbroAmerican toy conglomerate
- partyGathering for celebration
contortion · flexibility · balance · hands · feet · tangled · colors · players
Manner of speaking words
- articulationClear vocal expression
- alliterationMatching initial consonants
- dictionChoice of words
- syllableUnit of pronunciation
phonetics · speech · enunciation · elocution · rhyme · consonant · vowel · repetition
funnel
Cone directing flow
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- supercellRotating severe thunderstorm
- vortexRotating fluid column
storm · destruction · devastation · sirens · shelter · debris · outbreak · alley · warning · chase
jive
Swing-era dance or bunk
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- rockabillyHillbilly-influenced early rock
- partnerOne who shares activity
spin · twirl · hips · moves · boogie · club · music · freestyle
mat
Flat floor covering
party · contortion · flexibility · balance · hands · feet · tangled · colors · players · circles
pronunciation
Manner of speaking words
- articulationClear vocal expression
- alliterationMatching initial consonants
- dictionChoice of words
syllable · phonetics · speech · enunciation · elocution · rhyme · consonant · vowel · repetition · shibboleth
flexibility
Ability to adapt easily
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- contortionUnnatural twisting or bending
- cartwheelLateral body rotation
acrobat · somersault · flips · backbend · pretzel · handstand · aerials · dismount
- wind effectstornadoes, hurricanes, sand storms, dust storms, blizzards
- spinnersspinning top, tops, top, gyroscopes, fidget spinner
- ropemakerssplicers, braiders
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
- driving weathericy roads, wet roads, slippery roads, hydroplaning, black ice
twisterscalm
Free from agitation
stillness · dead calm · clear skies · fair weather · tranquility
twistershurricanes
Powerful tropical rotating windstorms
typhoons · cyclones · drought · anticyclones · nor'easters
twistersstillness
Complete lack of motion
stasis · immobility · straight lines · straighteners · linearity
- tongue twisterPhrase hard to articulate
- twisted ankleLigament injury from rolling
- twisted someone's armPressured into compliance
- getting something twistedPerceiving inaccurately
- twisted the knifeWorsened emotional pain deliberately
- twisted someone's wordsAltered another's intended meaning