Twerk

/twɜɹk/

Synonyms for "twerk" (8 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
buttock shakedance

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
dance movedance performance

Related words (4)

Noun(4 words)
groovehip shakeperformative actshimmy

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

5 entries
cultural performancedancedance movetrip the light fantastictrip the light fantastic toe

More specific

2 entries
butt shakehip bounce

Collocations

10 entries
buttock shakedance movehip motionhip shaketwerk contesttwerk culturetwerk movetwerk routinetwerk videoviral video

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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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"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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