It was the twerk that bounced around the world in less than a day. Sound bites from reporters said, “Miley Cyrus’s JAW-DROPPING TWERK-a-thon,” the “twerk-tacular,” “twerk-and-tongue work,” in the “twerk seen ’round the world!”
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Twerk
//twɜɹk//
Synonyms for "twerk" (4 found)
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27 translations across 16 languages.
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 跳電臀舞 /跳电臀舞 verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
- 電臀 /电臀 verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 跳電臀舞 /跳电臀舞 verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
- 電臀 /电臀 verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Finnish
1 entries- twerkata verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
German
2 entries- lasziv bewegen verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
- twerken verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Hebrew
1 entries- עִנְטֵז verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Hungarian
2 entries- riszál verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
- twerkel verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Italian
1 entries- twerkare verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Māori
2 entries- onioni verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
- tīonioni verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Persian
2 entries- کاچول verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
- کچول verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Polish
1 entries- twerkować verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Portuguese
1 entries- rebolar verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Russian
4 entries- тве́ркать verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
- тве́ркнуть verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
- твёркать verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
- твёркнуть verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Spanish
3 entries- perrear verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
- sandunguear verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
- twerkear verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Swedish
1 entries- twerka verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Tagalog
1 entries- kaldag verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Turkish
1 entries- twerk yapmak verb (to take part in twerking (the sexually-provocative dance))
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
"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..."
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"I hardly realize it yet that you are my really truly coz," and she gave the girl's long, brown braids a familiar twerk.
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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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