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twerk

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5 lettersPronunciation /twɜɹk/Part of speech verbSorted ekrtwStarts with TEnds with K0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. to dance with thrusting hip movements and a low squatting stance

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • "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.

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