TWISTER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts

Synonyms:

cruller; twister

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("twister" is a kind of...):

friedcake (small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat)

Meaning:

A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground

Synonyms:

tornado; twister

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("twister" is a kind of...):

cyclone (a violent rotating windstorm)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "twister"):

supertwister (the most powerful tornado which can create enormously devastating damage)

waterspout (a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist)

Derivation:

twist (to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling))