(n.) One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
(n.) The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
(n.) A girder.
(n.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
Example Sentences:
(1) Comparison between twister and digits yielded ten cases of twister preference, four of digit preference and twenty cases of overlap.
(2) Noel plummeted all the way to No 6, where he was picked up by the New Orleans Pelicans – who sadly robbed us of a classic tongue-twister, "New Orleans' Nerlens Noel", by trading him to the Philadelphia 76ers.
(3) The automatic wire twister reduces the time needed for wire twisting without altering the security of the twisted wire.
(4) Depth of modulation on the twister device was twice that on a proximal device in nine cases whereas one case showed a proximal device preference; five cases showed overlap.
(5) This paper deals with the vibration analysis of a blood processor centrifuge with an anti-twister mechanism.
(6) Kidron's footage of the event has the appearance of a 60s peace festival, shiny happy people holding hands, playing Twister in the park, dancing and singing and laughing together.
(7) But as soon as the consequences of that exercise in democracy loomed – and it appeared that many Tory MPs would vote in favour – the government panicked and the arm twisters were called into action to throttle the voice of the people.
(8) Along with her work for the BBC, Bradbury has also presented ITV gameshow Take on the Twisters.
(9) These include a Lego version of the Mines of Moria sequence from the Lord of the Rings films and an electronic dance version of Hasbro's popular family game Twister.
(10) 'McAllister proves to be a bit of a tongue-twister for some, and he is usually nicknamed "Mac".
(11) The surgical instrument most important for making wire fixation highly successful is a tightener-twister which protects wire loops from excessive strain during application, and permits twisting at a predetermined and therefore reproducible tension.
(12) Nine-hundred and eighty-one right-handed and 55 left-handed subjects were required to tap with a pen for 10 secs between targets 6 cm apart whilst either saying nothing, reciting a tongue-twister or saying la-la.
(13) This study reports on the laboratory elicitation of sublexical speech errors by means of tongue twisters.
(14) Blood processors that employ anti-twister mechanisms are becoming increasingly popular because they cause relatively less damage to the blood than the conventional ones, which employ rotating seals.
(15) Of the 2 twist-knot devices, the Rhinelander wire tightener-twister produced the greatest resistance to knot failure.
(16) Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider, a former contestant on Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice TV show, said the tycoon had asked permission to use Twister Sister’s song We’re Not Gonna Take It at the end of his rallies, and he had been happy to agree.
(17) The top 13 in full Cabbage Patch Kids, JAKKS Pacific, RRP £29.99 Furby, Hasbro, RRP £59.99 InnoTab 2, Vtech, RRP £84.99 Jake and the Neverland Pirates – Pirate Ship Bucky, Mattel, RRP £49.99 LeapPad 2, Leapfrog Toys, RRP £89.99 Lego Friends: Olivia's House, Lego, RRP £69.99 Lego The Lord of the Rings: The Mines of Moria, Lego, £68.99 Mike the Knight's Deluxe Glendragon Playset, Character Options, £29.99 Monster High Ghouls Rule Dolls, Mattel, RRP £22.99 My Moshi Home, Vivid Imaginations, RRP £39.99 Nerf N-Strike Elite Hail-Fire, Hasbro, RRP £44.99 Twister Dance, Hasbro, RRP £26.99 Web Shooting Spider-Man, Hasbro, RRP £34.99
(18) Also on the site this week Christmas toys 2012: Furbys and Twister take parents back to the future Same-sex Mamas & Papas adverts 'celebrate modern family set-ups' Consumer borrowing surges On Saturday As well as travel insurance and Hurricane Sandy, Saturday's Guardian Money will look at how to beat the payday loan sharks and the best new 0% deals on credit cards.
(19) He was one of a team of tornado-chasers in the blockbuster Twister (1996), produced by Steven Spielberg .
(20) Testing has found that the ultimate force required to disrupt the wires twisted by either the automatic wire twister or manual techniques did not differ significantly and was directly related to the number of twists.
Whirlwind
Definition:
(n.) A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion.
(n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.
Example Sentences:
(1) It has all been a bit of a whirlwind,” admits Beatty.
(2) But, as the postal sector demonstrates all too clearly, an economic regulator can unleash a whirlwind.
(3) I am very clear that I want to ensure we get the best possible deal for the United Kingdom that works for everyone across the United Kingdom and all parts of the UK when we enter these negotiation,” said the prime minister in Wales, at the start of a whirlwind UK tour aimed at drumming up last-minute support from the devolved administrations.
(4) For Merkel, the meeting is the start of a week of whirlwind diplomacy that will see her meeting heads of state in Tallin, Prague and Warsaw before hosting first the leaders of the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and Denmark, and then the presidents of Slovenia, Bulgaria and Croatia at Schloss Meseberg, a baroque castle outside Berlin.
(5) But it all went to plan and afterwards it was a complete whirlwind.
(6) Inevitably, it looks as though corners have been cut and supermarkets will reap the whirlwind in reputational damage.
(7) In whirlwind fashion a host of Tottenham greats, from Bill Nicholson to Gareth Bale, are displayed alongside thunderous music and a cinematic voiceover, which, at the end, affirms the club’s motto: “To dare is to do.” It’s very dramatic, a little over-the-top and, on Saturday, somewhat contradictory.
(8) After the Paris attacks we’d had statements about France reaping the whirlwind of their own actions [a phrase used in a statement by the Stop the War Coalition, of which Corbyn is a long-time supporter], and every time we have a terrorist attack we have this argument that ‘what can we expect?’ That this is somehow not really the responsibility of those who carry out those attacks.
(9) How fitting he should not just inherit his father’s fortune but reap the whirlwind of the original referendum campaign launched by Sir James Goldsmith, an unsavoury tycoon who tried to bankrupt Private Eye.
(10) Pogrund and cameraman Dewald Aukema pick up not only the whirlwind nature of that first head-of-state visit, but the exotic and breathtaking beauty of Africa and Mandela's buttoned lip as he visits the lavish basilicas built by despots on the land of the poor.
(11) It's clearly overkill when you are dealing with waste which is at the bottom end of the spectrum (of toxicity)," he says during a whirlwind minibus tour of the 98-hectare (245 acre) site, which he describes as "a ride around the ranch".
(12) As well as watching White's solo performance, concertgoers will attend a set by garage-rockers Whirlwind Heat.
(13) A whirlwind of consulting and reviewing to keep everyone busy.
(14) Fahma, despite the whirlwind of the past few weeks, is not quite ready to put her campaigning days behind her.
(15) Which brings us to the Stop the War Coalition ( STWC) – here’s a potted history – whose “Paris reaps the whirlwind of western support for extremist violence” tweet caused such offence to MPs at the PLP.
(16) "'It was all whirlwind, heat and flash'," he adds, quoting a line from Sonic Youth's Goo sleeve.
(17) This whirlwind adventure set the tone for the week ahead.
(18) Send them to the usual address – knowledge@theguardian.com From boardroom to penalty box (2) Last week Archie Whirlwind wondered if Juninho ending his career as player-president of his youth club Ituano was a unique case.
(19) Such details seemed all of a piece with his whirlwind existence.
(20) An estimated 50,000 attended the benefit show, and though we’ve all been burned by a bro with a guitar around a campfire, there genuinely is a healing power to listening to music with others, an outlet for collective grief that can soothe whirlwind emotions.