Meaning & use

Twerk

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To dance in a sexually provocative manner, involving rapid, thrusting movements of the hips and buttocks, typically while squatting.

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The dancers twerked energetically to the upbeat music.

She learned to twerk by watching online dance tutorials.

A note on using this word

The word rose to mainstream prominence in the early 2010s and was formally added to major English dictionaries in 2013.

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