twisty
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[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtwɪsti/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪsti
Adjective
[edit]twisty (comparative twistier, superlative twistiest)
- Characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.
- lost in a twisty labyrinth
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[edit]that twists
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Noun
[edit]twisty (plural twisties)
- 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.
- 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.
- (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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