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Vinony

twerk

verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /twɜɹk/ / [tʰw̥ɝk] / /twɜːk/

noun

Etymology: Onomatopoeic, possibly coined by Roger Tory Peterson.

  1. An abrupt call, such as that made by the California quail.

    “Note of male on territory, a loud kurr or twerk.”

verb

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.

  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.

    “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.”

  2. To twitch or jerk.

    “[…] in the language of the unsophisticated Port Melbourne suburbanite a bed was still something primarily intended for love-making – all the eyebrow-raising and moustache-twerking in Jo'burg couldn't alter that.”

    “He twerked an eyebrow at his wife.”