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Etymology

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From twerk +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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twerker (plural twerkers)

  1. A person who twerks.
    • 2007 October 5, Mike Bushnell, “Superman that ... album”, in The Maneater, University of Missouri:
      And some of the songs are good at least for a few laughs, including "Booty Meat," in which Soulja Boy demands all the boppers, twerkers and the like "shake that booty meat," over and over.
    • 2013 September 1, John Harlow, “Nowhere to hide in age of social media”, in The Australian:
      It will bring her back into the Disney fold as an adult and perhaps enable her to find a healthy balance between her warring halves - the publicity-seeking twerker and, somewhere still inside, the charming Smiley Miley Cyrus.
    • 2013 September 6, Daniel Miller, “Girl sets herself on fire after roommate opens door while she was twerking against it doing a headstand”, in Daily Mail:
      It may be the hot dance craze of the moment, but one hapless young twerker appears to take things a little too far when she literally sets herself on fire in the middle of a raunchy routine.