1. tornadoes; violent rotating windstorms
Usage: informal
2. tongue twisters; phrases that are difficult to pronounce quickly
Usage: informal

Examples

• The weather service issued warnings about possible twisters in the area.
• Several twisters touched down across the Midwest last night.
• Storm chasers followed the twisters across the plains.
• The children practiced saying twisters like ‘She sells seashells by the seashore.’
• Those twisters are really hard to say three times fast.
• The speech therapist used twisters to help improve pronunciation.