twerk

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /twɜɹk/, [tʰw̥ɝk] (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /twɜːk/, [tw̥ɜːk] Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== twerk (plural twerks) Synonym of twerking (“a sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance while shaking their buttocks”). (original sense, now dated) A fitful movement similar to a twitch or jerk. ==== Verb ==== twerk (third-person singular simple present twerks, present participle twerking, simple past and past participle twerked) To dance in a sexually-provocative way using hip thrusts in a low squatting stance while shaking the buttocks; to take part in twerking. (original sense, now dated) To twitch or jerk. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Blend of twerp +‎ jerk, found primarily in the 1930s-era works of Walter Dumaux Edmonds. ==== Noun ==== twerk (plural twerks) (slang, dated, US) A puny or insignificant person, generally male; a twerp. === Etymology 3 === Onomatopoeic, possibly coined by Roger Tory Peterson. ==== Noun ==== twerk (plural twerks) An abrupt call, such as that made by the California quail. === Further reading === “twerk”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “twerk”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. Twerking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == German == === Verb === twerk singular imperative of twerken == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English twerk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtwɛrk/ Rhymes: -ɛrk Syllabification: twerk === Noun === twerk m inan twerking (a sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance and shaking their buttocks) Synonym: twerking ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === twerk at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego