Twerk

Quick meaning: Twerk is a noun meaning (original sense, now dated) A fitful movement similar to a twitch or jerk.

Meaning

(original sense, now dated) A fitful movement similar to a twitch or jerk.

More Meanings

1. To dance in a sexually-provocative way using hip thrusts in a low squatting stance while shaking the buttocks; to take part in twerking.
2. (original sense, now dated) To twitch or jerk.
3. An abrupt call, such as that made by the California quail.
4. Synonym of twerking (“a sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance while shaking their buttocks”).
5. (slang, dated, US) A puny or insignificant person, generally male; a twerp.

Example Sentences

Let me see what ya twerkin with / Look at those hips

"Shortie really knows how to twerk it don't she?" Marcus boasted, while still recording.

With a quick twerk at her shift, the girl lifted it to her rounded belly, and squatted nakedly on his lap.

Gaea then stood up over me and turned so that her butt was facing me. She then had the nerve to start twerking.

Word Forms

• twerks
• twerking
• twerked

Synonyms for twerk

Depending on context, synonyms include twerking.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include twitching, twerkathon, twitch, twitcher, shake, tweague.

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