Definitions

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  • noun A fitful movement similar to a twitch or jerk.
  • verb To twitch or jerk.
  • verb To move the body in a sexually suggestive twisting or gyrating fashion.
  • noun An abrupt call, such as made by the California Quail.
  • noun slang, dated, US A puny or insignificant person, generally male; a twerp.

Etymologies

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Blend of twitch and jerk

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Onomatopoeia, possibly coined by Roger Tory Peterson.

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Found primarily in the 1930s-era works of Walter Dumaux Edmonds.

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  • Dance style that involves a woman moving shaking her butt rapidly, a la Beyonce. twerk twerk

    May 22, 2010