twister

Meanings

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. A tornado.
6. A girder.
7. The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
8. 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.

1. A party game that requires several players on a single mat to straddle four colored rows of dots in randomly selected positions without falling.

Etymology

From Middle English twyster, equivalent to twist + -er.