twerk
Meanings
Plural: twerks
Noun
- Synonym of twerking (“a sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance while shaking their buttocks”).
- A fitful movement similar to a twitch or jerk.
- A puny or insignificant person, generally male; a twerp.
- An abrupt call, such as that made by the California quail.
Verb
- To dance in a sexually-provocative way using hip thrusts in a low squatting stance while shaking the buttocks; to take part in twerking.
- To twitch or jerk.
Origin / Etymology
Blend of twitch + jerk. The "sexually-provocative dance" sense was particularly popularized since c. 2000 by hip-hop from the United States of America, and again in 2013 by singer Miley Cyrus.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
twerk is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordtwerk is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
twerk is not valid in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
twerk is a valid Words With Friends word