twister UK /ˈtwɪstə/US /ˈtwɪstəɹ/noun 10forms 1 noun10 •One who twists. •(informal) A tornado. •The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant. •One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving. •(UK, informal) A crook, a villain. •A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards. •An instrument used in twisting or making twists.He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine. — 1653 •A girder. •Any member of the species Tholymis tillarga of libellulid dragonfly, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. •(old-fashioned) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback. formstwisters