From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[er]
1. Characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.
2. * [year=1962]
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Related terms
- plot-twisty
- twistie
**** Translations
[that twists]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Russian: [ru]
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*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. Something that is twisty , such as a road
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=March 18, 2007 | author=Lawrence Ulrich | title=There’s More Than Meets the Eye | work=New York Times | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/automobiles/autoreviews/18AUTOS.html
|passage=On lonely TWISTIES in upstate New York, the driver of a Porsche
Boxster S surely found my unshakable Mini anything but cute.}}
1. A strand of hair twisted together in a braid -like fashion
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=March 22, 2007 | author=Randal C. Archibold | title=I Have Taken on My Daughter’s Hair and Won | work=New York Times | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/fashion/22skin.html
|passage=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.}}
1. [en] 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.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1998 | author=Steve Oliver; Pete Wood | title=Lotus Domino Web Site Development | page=96
|passage=The document is divided up into a number of sections controlled by
TWISTIES.}}
*** Anagrams
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