twerk

Etymology 1
. The "sexually suggestive movements, especially dance" sense was particularly popularized since c. 2000 by United Statian hip-hop, and again in 2013 by singer.

Noun

 * 1) A fitful movement similar to a twitch or jerk.
 * 2)  A dance involving sexual movements of the hips and buttocks.
 * 1)  A dance involving sexual movements of the hips and buttocks.
 * 1)  A dance involving sexual movements of the hips and buttocks.
 * 1)  A dance involving sexual movements of the hips and buttocks.

Verb

 * 1) To twitch or jerk.
 * 2)  To move the body in a sexually suggestive twisting or gyrating fashion, especially as a dance.
 * 1)  To move the body in a sexually suggestive twisting or gyrating fashion, especially as a dance.
 * 1)  To move the body in a sexually suggestive twisting or gyrating fashion, especially as a dance.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * German: twerken, lasziv bewegen
 * Hebrew: עִנְטֵז
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: twerkare
 * Maori: tīonioni
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: twerkować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, тве́ркнуть, , твёркнуть
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kaldag
 * Turkish: twerk yapmak

Etymology 2
, found primarily in the 1930s-era works of Walter Dumaux Edmonds.

Noun

 * 1)  A puny or insignificant person, generally male; a twerp.

Etymology 3
, possibly coined by Roger Tory Peterson.

Noun

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

Etymology
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