"twerking" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /twɛɹkɪŋ/ [General-American], [tʰw̥ɝkɪŋ] [General-American], /twɜːkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], [tw̥ɜːkɪŋ] [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: twerkings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} twerking (usually uncountable, plural twerkings)
  1. The act of one who twerks; a gyrating dance. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-twerking-en-noun-74uuMKm5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13

Verb

IPA: /twɛɹkɪŋ/ [General-American], [tʰw̥ɝkɪŋ] [General-American], /twɜːkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], [tw̥ɜːkɪŋ] [Received-Pronunciation]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} twerking
  1. present participle and gerund of twerk Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: twerk
    Sense id: en-twerking-en-verb-e5-nQxPw

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "[tʰw̥ɝkɪŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/twɜːkɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tw̥ɜːkɪŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "twerking"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "ref": "2023, The Professor of Pimpology, Become A PIMP GOD (page 85)",
          "text": "A Pimp God takes his time to observe the woman's mind and her inner workings instead of getting blinded by her outer twerkings."
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/twɜːkɪŋ/",
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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          "twerk#English"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/twɜːkɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tw̥ɜːkɪŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "ref": "2023, The Professor of Pimpology, Become A PIMP GOD (page 85)",
          "text": "A Pimp God takes his time to observe the woman's mind and her inner workings instead of getting blinded by her outer twerkings."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "ipa": "[tʰw̥ɝkɪŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/twɜːkɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[tw̥ɜːkɪŋ]",
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    }
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