- tornado, twister - a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
--1 is a kind of cyclone
--1 has particulars: supertwister; waterspoutDerived form: verb twist1 - cruller, twister - small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
--2 is a kind of friedcake