Definitions
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- noun An abrupt call, such as made by the California Quail.
- noun   A fitful movement similar to a twitch orjerk .
- verb To twitch or jerk.
- verb To move the body in a sexually suggestive twisting or gyrating fashion.
- noun slang, dated, US  A puny or insignificant person, generally male; a twerp .
Etymologies
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Examples
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								Ai R bak a twerk todai, but ebereebuddee R berree nies, n ai nawt werking too hard. U don’t like brekfist in bed? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008 
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								But look it up and you ` ll discover that it means to dance and move in - let ` s just say a sexually provocative way - A.J. HAMMER: Did you say "twerk"? 
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								Ai hab da link to da tearoom at hoem, but nawt here a twerk. ‘scuze me… can i borrow a flashlight? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010 
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								Fan Q AP n pft, ai not nowing wy it gnaw twerk…mabbeh try toomaro. Your words of endearment have - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010 
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								Ai haded RLS a twerk adn culd nawt get back fur da rest ob da day. *nomnomnom* - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010 
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								Ai ment to get teh “yu maed bunnee cry” wun – Ai sez tihs a twerk, sept Ai sai “yu maed Bike It Laydee cry!” I iz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010 
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								An mebbe spendin to much thyme LOLling when you shud be @ twerk! Boss cat is giving you - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009 
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								Wen yore boss goes to twerk on icee skaets – tehn it bees conwenient fore me 
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								We ar owld nd nawt has tu getz up tu go twerk so can has nap wen we nedez. Hoomin, pleez, come heer - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009 
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								Hmm… my kitteh boss wants me to play moar wif him. an my twerk boss wants me to clear my desk. Boss cat is giving you - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009 
brainstem commented on the word twerk
Dance style that involves a woman moving shaking her butt rapidly, a la Beyonce. twerk twerk
May 22, 2010