twerk
/twəːk
/(also twirk) informal
verb [no object]
Dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance: just wait till they catch their daughters twerking to this song twerk it girl, work it girl...
- We can't wait to whistle while she twerks.
- Anyway, the ladies are still in Vegas, where Brandi is on a mission to help women twerk their way to empowerment.
- "All right, I can't sing, I can't act, I'm dumb, I'm a hillbilly, but I can twerk, so whatever!"
noun
A dance or dance move involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance: between flaunting their curves and doing a little twerk here and there, the dancers' rendition of the video was quite impressive...
- She's a girl who has obviously mastered the art of the twerk.
- She did nary a twerk nor a twist.
- It took a bit of persuasion but Nic finally gave her a little twerk.
Origin
Early 19th century (as noun in the sense 'a twitching or jerking motion'): perhaps a blend of twitch or twist and jerk1; in modern sense probably influenced by work.