Definition of "twister" []

• One that twists, as in the manufacture of rope or yarn. (noun)
• Sports A ball thrown or batted with a twist. (noun)
• Informal A tornado or cyclone. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "State emergency officials say the twister was a half mile wide, tossed cars around like they were pebbles."
• "LONG: Witnesses say the twister was a half-mile wide, perhaps even bigger."
• "The story is called "The Immortal" and it's an amazing work of literature and it's a brain twister."