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English
Etymology
From twist + -y.
Pronunciation
Adjective
twisty (comparative twistier, superlative twistiest)
- 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."
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Noun
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: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: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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