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arm-twister

n. someone who uses strong persuasion. I hate to seem like an arm-twister, but I really need your help on this project.

brain-twister

and brain-teaser

n. a puzzle, especially one that requires thinking. Can you help me with this brain-teaser? I can spend my whole vacation doing brain-twisters.

twister

1. n. a key. (Underworld.) Marlon snatched the jailer’s twisters and waited until midnight to try something.

2. n. a tornado. A twister touched down yesterday at an isolated farm seventy miles north of Adamsville.

3. n. a drunken spree. (see also bender.) Harry’s off on a twister again.