twister
Word family (noun) twist twister (adjective) twisted (verb) twist
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Meteorologytwistertwist‧er /ˈtwɪstə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 1 British English informalCHEAT someone who cheats other people2 American English informalHEM a tornadoExamples from the Corpustwister• Being in a car that is lifted into the sky by a twister tends to give you good material.• Soon these combined winds of dissent would grow into a twister of protest.• I mistrust a twister like Herbert Samuel.• A team of scientists chases tornadoes, then the twisters chase the scientists.