twerk

Meanings

1. Synonym of twerking (“a sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance while shaking their buttocks”).
2. A fitful movement similar to a twitch or jerk.

1. To dance in a sexually-provocative way using hip thrusts in a low squatting stance while shaking the buttocks; to take part in twerking.
2. To twitch or jerk.

1. A puny or insignificant person, generally male; a twerp.

1. An abrupt call, such as that made by the California quail.

Etymology

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.