twerkn.

Brit.

/twəːk/, U.S.

/twərk/

Forms: 1800s– twirk, 1900s– twerk.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by blending. Etymons: twitch n.¹, twist n.¹, jerk n.¹, quirk n.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain: perhaps a blend of twitch n.¹ (or perhaps twist n.¹) and jerk n.¹ (or perhaps quirk n.¹).

colloquial.

a. A twisting or jerking movement; a twitch. Now chiefly U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling > a sudden or sharp pull

tita1425

pluck1440

twitching1478

twitch?1523

tuck1648

twang1721

twiga1800

twerk1820

yank1888

1820 C. Clairmont Let. 26 Feb. in C. Clairmont et al. Clairmont Corr. (1995) I. 138 Really the Germans do allow themselves such twists & twirks of the pen, that it would puzzle any one.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (1841) II. Twirk, a twitch.

1901 Occas. Papers Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus.: Director's Rep. 1 iii. 48 The Freycineti..looked me over critically, elevated his head crest, and giving his tail an odd little twerk, proceeded to hop deliberately up the limb.

1938 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 15 Feb. 10/8 Walter Winchell will never be an actor... His radio gasps and his screen twerks are superlative losses.

1947 P. Bennett Varmints ii. 57 Her response was an overwhelming gushy smile full of winks and twerks.

1970 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Gaz. 11 June b2/5 There are several In this place who are veterans at wearing wigs; they look at me, give the new hair a tweak here and a twirk there and assure me that its on just exactly right.

2002 ABC News (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 1 July It's more common in older people where the brain shrinks a bit and you get these twirks [on a roller coaster ride] and they can tear blood vessels.

b. A sexually provocative dance or dance move involving thrusting movements of the bottom and hips while in a low, squatting stance. See twerk v. 1b.

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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > erotic dancing > [noun]

cordax1531

ballum rancum1680

rankum1693

cancan1848

fan dance1879

belly dance1883

danse du ventre1893

hootchy-kootchy1893

coochie-coochie1894

coochie1895

cooch1910

bump and grind1938

belly dancing1949

twerk1996

1996 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 16 May (River Parishes ed.) l1 8/2 In the dance category The NBA Dancers received first place for their routine of 'Twirks Up'.

1999 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 11 Mar. (Westwego ed.) 3 f4/1 Teens at the Waggaman Playground gym gathered around the dance floor to 'twirk'. For my adult readers, I'll translate for you. Twirk is the latest dance move.

2013 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Feb. If Beyonce needs all her lung capacity to pull off spectacular dance moves then so be it. I'm fully prepared to sacrifice live vocals for..a Bootylicious-era twerk.

2014 C. Govan Miley Cyrus iii. 24 Miley would make the twerk famous, bringing it out of Caribbean backstreets and into worldwide popular culture.

2. Originally and chiefly U.S. An ineffectual or worthless person; a fool, a ‘jerk’.

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1928 W. D. Edmonds in Dial Mar. 208 The barkeep snarled. ‘You dirty little twirk, you've done us out of two soft jobs.’

1992 H. Irwin Orig. Freddie Ackerman viii. 141 Only a twerk could believe in lovers and spirits and stuff like that.

2012 M. T. McGuire Wrong Stuff 76 ‘Somone's gotta keep you in line, you little twerk,’ said Big Merv.

3. Chiefly U.S. A (minor) change or variation, esp. of an odd or negative type; a twist.

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the world > time > change > [noun] > change within limits, variation, or modification > instance of > made to something

twerk1940

retrofit1951

tweak1974

1940 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 May 253/4 Mr. Bemelmans has an odd mind, which can give an unexpected little twirk to the most unlikely subjects.

1951 P. Rahv tr. Y. Olyesha Envy in Great Russ. Short Novels 666 Incomprehensible how human beings can fall so low as to produce things like this! A twirk of nature, a sport, something absolutely and finally incomprehensible.

1965 San Antonio (Texas) Light 19 Oct. 21/1 Our statesmen are puzzled sideways over sudden twerk in Indonesian street diplomacy.

2002 Amusement Business (U.S.) 11 Mar. 14 Trying to keep up with food safety regulations from state-to-state can be daunting... ‘It's..supposed to be handled by the federal government, but states can amend things. That's where it gets the twists and twerks on it.’

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

twerkv.

Brit.

/twəːk/, U.S.

/twərk/

Forms: 1800s– twirk, 1900s– twerk, 1900s– twork.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: twerk n.

Etymology: < twerk n. In sense 1b, probably associated also with work v.

colloquial.

a. transitive. To move (something) with a twitching, twisting, or jerking motion. Also intransitive (of an animal, a part of an animal's body): to make such a movement. Now chiefly U.S.The figurative use in quot. 1952 is perhaps referring to a bird-like noise rather than a movement (cf. quot. 1901 at twerk n. 1a.).

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1848 R. Kelsey Niagara, Jephthah 24 In vain he twirks his near-han' spur, In vain his red-challers threaten war An' fierce eyne bleeze.

1892 Boston Daily Globe 7 Dec. 12/2 ‘Too much nerve food, I reckon,’ said Ben, twirking his thumb over in the direction of Carkin.

1929 M. Moore Let. 27 Mar. (1997) 247 Willow kept twirking his whiskers tensely every line or so, quivering with eagerness and ambition at each development.

1932 Harper's Monthly Mag. 1 Dec. 157/1 A leaf blew across the barnyard and a puff-ball of a kitten rushed after it, tail twirking.

1934 Daily News Standard (Uniontown, Pa.) 20 Mar. (Fashions of Spring section) 8/1 After years of twirking our hats down over our right eyes, or low across our brows—here comes Fashion pushing them back again.

1952 Washington Post 10 Nov. 25/2 Washington cliff-dwellers are twittering, twerking, and titillating. There is nothing they love more than a change of administrations.

1960 Chicago Defender 17 Mar. a17/2 (advt.) Roll Foil around entire Sandwich and ‘Twerk’ (twist ends tightly).

1984 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 2 Dec. 34/4 The coaches will sit high up in the stands, twirking little levers that tell the players how fast and which direction to go.

2006 B. B. Powell War at Troy xxii. 68 He'd twirk her chin and hold up her face to the light from the torches in the hall, for inspection.

b. intransitive. Originally U.S. To dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner, using thrusting movements of the bottom and hips while in a low, squatting stance. Also transitive: to move (part of the body) in this way.In early use, associated with ‘bounce’, a style of dance-orientated hip-hop originating in New Orleans, although the dance itself is generally considered to be of West African origin.

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1993 ‘D. J. Jubilee’ Jubilee All (transcribed from song) Do the Jubilee, all... Shake, baby, shake, baby, shake, shake, shake... Twerk, baby, twerk, baby, twerk, twerk, twerk... Twerk it, all... Take your clothes off.

1999 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 11 Mar. (Westwego ed.) 3 f 4/1 Last week, teens at the Waggaman Playground gym gathered around the dance floor to 'twirk'. For my adult readers, I'll translate for you. Twirk is the latest dance move.

2001 Irish Times 21 Nov. b9/2 On the excellent..Twerk A Little, it's Bubba's [Sparxxx] deep voice and fine delivery which are really sucking diesel.

2003 Guardian 6 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 35/1 The DJs yell instructions—walk it like a model, walk it like a dog, twerk (twitch and work) it in a circle—and the hot girls obey.

2013 ‘Noire’ Dirty Rotten Liar 162 She watched her..twerk her hips to the beat in her rainbow-swirled bikini.

2013 N.Y. Mag. 19 Aug. 38/1 2 Live Crew..video for ‘Pop That Pussy’, featuring women twerking in a Miami pool.

2. transitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To improve or perfect (something) by making a fine adjustment to it; to alter, tweak. Also: to distort (facts, statistics, etc.), typically to make something appear more appealing or acceptable.

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1999 Rap Pages Oct. 143/2 It's ATL tradition to bring something to ride to... ‘Elevate’ and ‘True Lies’ are arranged especially to twirk the highs and stress the bass in car stereos.

2006 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 12 Mar. c11 ‘I feel all right,’ he said about his swing. ‘There are still things that need to be tweaked and twirked.’

2008 Disappearing Polar Bears & Permafrost: Hearing before Sci. & Techn. Comm. (U.S. House of Representatives, 110th Congr., 1st Sess.) 90 You were quoting a scientist earlier, suggesting that perhaps we are twirking our research to gain government grants.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	twerk
释义	twerkn. Brit. /twəːk/, U.S. /twərk/ Forms: 1800s– twirk, 1900s– twerk. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by blending. Etymons: twitch n.¹, twist n.¹, jerk n.¹, quirk n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain: perhaps a blend of twitch n.¹ (or perhaps twist n.¹) and jerk n.¹ (or perhaps quirk n.¹). colloquial. 1. a. A twisting or jerking movement; a twitch. Now chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling > a sudden or sharp pull tita1425 pluck1440 twitching1478 twitch?1523 tuck1648 twang1721 twiga1800 twerk1820 yank1888 1820 C. Clairmont Let. 26 Feb. in C. Clairmont et al. Clairmont Corr. (1995) I. 138 Really the Germans do allow themselves such twists & twirks of the pen, that it would puzzle any one. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (1841) II. Twirk, a twitch. 1901 Occas. Papers Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus.: Director's Rep. 1 iii. 48 The Freycineti..looked me over critically, elevated his head crest, and giving his tail an odd little twerk, proceeded to hop deliberately up the limb. 1938 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 15 Feb. 10/8 Walter Winchell will never be an actor... His radio gasps and his screen twerks are superlative losses. 1947 P. Bennett Varmints ii. 57 Her response was an overwhelming gushy smile full of winks and twerks. 1970 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Gaz. 11 June b2/5 There are several In this place who are veterans at wearing wigs; they look at me, give the new hair a tweak here and a twirk there and assure me that its on just exactly right. 2002 ABC News (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 1 July It's more common in older people where the brain shrinks a bit and you get these twirks [on a roller coaster ride] and they can tear blood vessels. b. A sexually provocative dance or dance move involving thrusting movements of the bottom and hips while in a low, squatting stance. See twerk v. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > erotic dancing > [noun] cordax1531 ballum rancum1680 rankum1693 cancan1848 fan dance1879 belly dance1883 danse du ventre1893 hootchy-kootchy1893 coochie-coochie1894 coochie1895 cooch1910 bump and grind1938 belly dancing1949 twerk1996 1996 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 16 May (River Parishes ed.) l1 8/2 In the dance category The NBA Dancers received first place for their routine of 'Twirks Up'. 1999 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 11 Mar. (Westwego ed.) 3 f4/1 Teens at the Waggaman Playground gym gathered around the dance floor to 'twirk'. For my adult readers, I'll translate for you. Twirk is the latest dance move. 2013 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Feb. If Beyonce needs all her lung capacity to pull off spectacular dance moves then so be it. I'm fully prepared to sacrifice live vocals for..a Bootylicious-era twerk. 2014 C. Govan Miley Cyrus iii. 24 Miley would make the twerk famous, bringing it out of Caribbean backstreets and into worldwide popular culture. 2. Originally and chiefly U.S. An ineffectual or worthless person; a fool, a ‘jerk’. ΚΠ 1928 W. D. Edmonds in Dial Mar. 208 The barkeep snarled. ‘You dirty little twirk, you've done us out of two soft jobs.’ 1992 H. Irwin Orig. Freddie Ackerman viii. 141 Only a twerk could believe in lovers and spirits and stuff like that. 2012 M. T. McGuire Wrong Stuff 76 ‘Somone's gotta keep you in line, you little twerk,’ said Big Merv. 3. Chiefly U.S. A (minor) change or variation, esp. of an odd or negative type; a twist. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [noun] > change within limits, variation, or modification > instance of > made to something twerk1940 retrofit1951 tweak1974 1940 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 May 253/4 Mr. Bemelmans has an odd mind, which can give an unexpected little twirk to the most unlikely subjects. 1951 P. Rahv tr. Y. Olyesha Envy in Great Russ. Short Novels 666 Incomprehensible how human beings can fall so low as to produce things like this! A twirk of nature, a sport, something absolutely and finally incomprehensible. 1965 San Antonio (Texas) Light 19 Oct. 21/1 Our statesmen are puzzled sideways over sudden twerk in Indonesian street diplomacy. 2002 Amusement Business (U.S.) 11 Mar. 14 Trying to keep up with food safety regulations from state-to-state can be daunting... ‘It's..supposed to be handled by the federal government, but states can amend things. That's where it gets the twists and twerks on it.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). twerkv. Brit. /twəːk/, U.S. /twərk/ Forms: 1800s– twirk, 1900s– twerk, 1900s– twork. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: twerk n. Etymology: < twerk n. In sense 1b, probably associated also with work v. colloquial. 1. a. transitive. To move (something) with a twitching, twisting, or jerking motion. Also intransitive (of an animal, a part of an animal's body): to make such a movement. Now chiefly U.S.The figurative use in quot. 1952 is perhaps referring to a bird-like noise rather than a movement (cf. quot. 1901 at twerk n. 1a.). ΚΠ 1848 R. Kelsey Niagara, Jephthah 24 In vain he twirks his near-han' spur, In vain his red-challers threaten war An' fierce eyne bleeze. 1892 Boston Daily Globe 7 Dec. 12/2 ‘Too much nerve food, I reckon,’ said Ben, twirking his thumb over in the direction of Carkin. 1929 M. Moore Let. 27 Mar. (1997) 247 Willow kept twirking his whiskers tensely every line or so, quivering with eagerness and ambition at each development. 1932 Harper's Monthly Mag. 1 Dec. 157/1 A leaf blew across the barnyard and a puff-ball of a kitten rushed after it, tail twirking. 1934 Daily News Standard (Uniontown, Pa.) 20 Mar. (Fashions of Spring section) 8/1 After years of twirking our hats down over our right eyes, or low across our brows—here comes Fashion pushing them back again. 1952 Washington Post 10 Nov. 25/2 Washington cliff-dwellers are twittering, twerking, and titillating. There is nothing they love more than a change of administrations. 1960 Chicago Defender 17 Mar. a17/2 (advt.) Roll Foil around entire Sandwich and ‘Twerk’ (twist ends tightly). 1984 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 2 Dec. 34/4 The coaches will sit high up in the stands, twirking little levers that tell the players how fast and which direction to go. 2006 B. B. Powell War at Troy xxii. 68 He'd twirk her chin and hold up her face to the light from the torches in the hall, for inspection. b. intransitive. Originally U.S. To dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner, using thrusting movements of the bottom and hips while in a low, squatting stance. Also transitive: to move (part of the body) in this way.In early use, associated with ‘bounce’, a style of dance-orientated hip-hop originating in New Orleans, although the dance itself is generally considered to be of West African origin. ΚΠ 1993 ‘D. J. Jubilee’ Jubilee All (transcribed from song) Do the Jubilee, all... Shake, baby, shake, baby, shake, shake, shake... Twerk, baby, twerk, baby, twerk, twerk, twerk... Twerk it, all... Take your clothes off. 1999 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 11 Mar. (Westwego ed.) 3 f 4/1 Last week, teens at the Waggaman Playground gym gathered around the dance floor to 'twirk'. For my adult readers, I'll translate for you. Twirk is the latest dance move. 2001 Irish Times 21 Nov. b9/2 On the excellent..Twerk A Little, it's Bubba's [Sparxxx] deep voice and fine delivery which are really sucking diesel. 2003 Guardian 6 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 35/1 The DJs yell instructions—walk it like a model, walk it like a dog, twerk (twitch and work) it in a circle—and the hot girls obey. 2013 ‘Noire’ Dirty Rotten Liar 162 She watched her..twerk her hips to the beat in her rainbow-swirled bikini. 2013 N.Y. Mag. 19 Aug. 38/1 2 Live Crew..video for ‘Pop That Pussy’, featuring women twerking in a Miami pool. 2. transitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To improve or perfect (something) by making a fine adjustment to it; to alter, tweak. Also: to distort (facts, statistics, etc.), typically to make something appear more appealing or acceptable. ΚΠ 1999 Rap Pages Oct. 143/2 It's ATL tradition to bring something to ride to... ‘Elevate’ and ‘True Lies’ are arranged especially to twirk the highs and stress the bass in car stereos. 2006 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 12 Mar. c11 ‘I feel all right,’ he said about his swing. ‘There are still things that need to be tweaked and twirked.’ 2008 Disappearing Polar Bears & Permafrost: Hearing before Sci. & Techn. Comm. (U.S. House of Representatives, 110th Congr., 1st Sess.) 90 You were quoting a scientist earlier, suggesting that perhaps we are twirking our research to gain government grants. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1820v.1848
随便看	a state of nature a steep a step in the right direction a step up a stern a stern steed a stick to beat a dog a stick to beat a etc with a stick to beat a person with a stick to beat with a sting in the tail a stitch in the side a stitch in time saves nine a stopping oyster a storm in a teacup a story of a cock and a bull a story within a story a straight eye a stranger to a straw for a streak of red a stroke above a such a sucker born every minute a suit of knots