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Meanings of twister in английском

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

        tornado
        каталонский
        xurro

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

              xurro
              Синонимы
              Examples for "tornado"
              Examples for "tornado"
              1
              The radio said there was a tornado-watch in effect for the region.
              The Lost Continent
              2
              The tornado also destroyed other large buildings in Joplin, including some schools.
              Reuters
              3
              She said having never seen a tornado before, the experience was frightening.
              Radio NZ
              4
              Having never seen a tornado before, the experience was frightening, she said.
              Radio NZ
              5
              On Monday, a tornado ripped through Ennerdale and caused some serious damage.
              The South African
              Usage of twister in английском
              1
              It is in its own way a very modern kind of tongue-twister.
              The Irish Times
              2
              Attention turned on Tuesday to assessing the damage wrought by the twister.
              Reuters
              3
              It's a tongue-twister that became a speech exercise for lispers and stutterers.
              IT
              4
              Shadrach Stringer's his name, and he's the best twister in the county.
              Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party
              5
              The girl's been through quite an ordeal, with that twister an' all.
              Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz
              6
              The C. G. R.'s a sure-enough tail-twister where there ain't no competition.
              A Fool for Love
              7
              So, I say you're a liar and a word-twister and a fact-bender.
              Dayworld
              8
              At least 11 people were hurt in the twister, the Times-Picayune newspaper said.
              Reuters
              9
              And a twister has ripped through a King Country animal sanctuary.
              Radio NZ
              10
              I thought you'd hitched a ride out of town on a Kansas twister.
              Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
              11
              The twister struck the small town of Wayne in northeast Nebraska on Friday.
              Reuters
              12
              A small pearl-white twister of hail and snow fell from its warty underbelly.
              The Naked God
              13
              A six-foot-tall whirlwind, a miniature twister, appeared, growing up out of the ground.
              The Alchemyst
              14
              Writer fashioned his own twister jokes to make money, like the half-a-bowling-ball-with-the-bicycle-tire- pump-lodged-in-the-thumbhole.
              The new yorker
              15
              So that's not necessarily a tongue twister for me, an American.
              Wired
              16
              How was this for a tongue-twister-sayfive hundred and fifty-fivefrancs in French!
              Jimmie Higgins
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              Translations for twister
              португальский
              tornadociclonetornados
              каталонский
              tornadoxurro
              Twister through the time
              Twister across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common