Twister

n.	1.	One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
	2.	The instrument used in twisting, or making twists. He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine. - Wallis.
	3.	(Carp.) A girder.
	4.	(Man.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.

Noun	1.	twister - a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground Synonyms: tornado
	2.	twister - small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts Synonyms: cruller

apple fritter, baguio, beignet, beignet aux pommes, bismarck, cheat, con man, confidence man, crook, cruller, cyclone, deceiver, doughnut, dust devil, fastnacht, fraud, friedcake, fritter, hurricane, imposter, impostor, mountebank, olykoek, rainspout, raised doughnut, rogue, rotary storm, sand column, sandspout, scoundrel, sinker, swindler, tornado, trickster, typhoon, waterspout, whirlblast, whirlwind, wind eddy