Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä

Synonyymit

KieliKäännökset
hollantidraaikont
italiatorcitore, torcitrice
japaniたつまき (tatsumaki), 竜巻 (tatsumaki)
ranskacyclone, véhicule à châssis articulé
suomikierrepallo, kieroilija, huijari, pyörremyrsky
venäjäсмерч (smertš)

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. One who twists.
  2. One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
  3. An instrument used in twisting or making twists.
  4. A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
  5. (colloquial) A tornado.
  6. (carpentry) A girder.
  7. (dated) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
  8. (British, colloquial) A crook, a villain.
  9. Any of species Tholymis tillarga of libellulid dragonfly, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
  10. The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.

Esimerkit

  • He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine.
  • “I don't know if it's my imagination, Kipper,” I said, “but something gives me the impression that at moment of going to press you aren't too sold on Bobbie.” He shrugged a shoulder. “Oh, I wouldn't say that. Apart from wishing I could throttle the young twister with my bare hands and jump on the remains with hobnailed boots, I don't feel much about her one way or the other.”

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkotwisters