twisty

English

Etymology

From twist +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwɪsti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪsti

Adjective

twisty (comparative twistier, superlative twistiest)

1. Characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.

   lost in a twisty labyrinth

   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 136:

     "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."

Derived terms

• twistily
• twistiness
• twisty puzzle
• twisty tie

 

Related terms

• plot-twisty
• twistie

Translations

that twists

• Bulgarian: усукан (bg) (usukan)
• Czech: klikatý (cs)
• Finnish: kiemurteleva
• German: verzwickt (de), unübersichtlich (de)
• Russian: изви́листый (ru) (izvílistyj)

Noun

twisty (plural twisties)

1. Something that is twisty, such as a road
   • 2007 March 18, Lawrence Ulrich, “There’s More Than Meets the Eye”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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
   • 2007 March 22, Randal C. Archibold, “I Have Taken on My Daughter’s Hair and Won”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     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. (graphical user interface) 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.
   • 1998, Steve Oliver, Pete Wood, Lotus Domino Web Site Development, page 96:

     The document is divided up into a number of sections controlled by twisties.

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