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twire

/ˈtwaɪə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
twire
IPA
/ˈtwaɪə(ɹ)/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.

Intransitive verb

verb

To twinkle; sparkle; wink.

Intransitive verb

noun

A sly glance; a leer.

noun

A twisted filament; a thread.

verb

To twist; twirl.

Transitive verb

noun

A pipe through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge; a tuyere.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English twiren (“to peep out, pry about, twinkle, glance, gleam”), cognate with Middle High German zwieren (“to spy”), Bavarian zwiren, zwieren (“to spy, glance”). Perhaps related to Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”). More at twinkle.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: twiren, *twir, *twirn, *twiʀn, *duwo-, *tweren

Usage

Inflected Forms

twires (present, singular) twiring (participle, present) twired (participle, past) twired (past) tweer (alternative) twires (plural)

Phrases

twire-pipe

Questions

How do you pronounce twire?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtwaɪə(ɹ)/.
What does twire mean?
To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.
Where does twire come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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