twisty

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈtwɪsti/

Definition of twisty

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.
    “lost in a twisty labyrinth”
    “"When he had religion he used to be always hammerin' up seats and summer-houses and things out of bits of twisty wood. Mad over that, he was."”
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adj

  1. Characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.
    “lost in a twisty labyrinth”
    “"When he had religion he used to be always hammerin' up seats and summer-houses and things out of bits of twisty wood. Mad over that, he was."”

noun

  1. Something that is twisty, such as a road
    “On lonely twisties in upstate New York, the driver of a Porsche Boxster S surely found my unshakable Mini anything but cute.”
  2. A strand of hair twisted together in a braid-like fashion
    “I was introduced to the panorama of twisties, barrettes, hair and scalp conditioner (basically hair grease), brushes for every occasion and narrow- and wide-tooth combs.”
  3. A collapsible element having a marker such as a small triangle that rotates between horizontal and vertical positions to indicate whether the content is currently hidden or expanded.
    “The document is divided up into a number of sections controlled by twisties.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From twist + -y.

Anagrams of twisty

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