twerk
/twɜɹk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of twerking (“a sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance while shaking their buttocks”).
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.
noun
An abrupt call, such as that made by the California quail.
Example Sentences
- "It was the twerk that bounced around the world in less than a day. Sound bites from reporters said, “Miley Cyrus’s JAW-DROPPING TWERK-a-thon,” the “twerk-tacular,” “twerk-and-tongue work,” in the “twerk seen ’round the world!”"
- ""Not so the Freycineti, who looked me over critically, elevated his head crest, and giving his tail an odd little twerk, proceeded to hop deliberately up the limb like a sap-sucker...""
- ""I hardly realize it yet that you are my really truly coz," and she gave the girl's long, brown braids a familiar twerk."
- "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."
- ""Shortie really knows how to twerk it don't she?" Marcus boasted, while still recording."
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /twɜɹk/
- British English: /twɜːk/