twisty

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English

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Etymology

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From twist +‎ -y.

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Adjective

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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."

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Noun

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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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