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twerp

/twɜːp/US/twɝp/

twerp noun: a fool, a twit.

Noun

twerp (plural twerps)

  1. (UK, colloquial) A fool, a twit.
    • Now you've broken it, you twerp!
    • There's many an airman just finishin' his time. There's many a twerp signing on.1940, Fred Godfrey, “Bless 'Em All”performed by George Formby
    Synonyms:
    twit, git
  2. (US, childish, colloquial) A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible.
    • Get out of my way, you little twerp!
  3. (US, childish, colloquial) A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling).

twerp meaning in Urdu

twerp in Urdu

آزاردہ, بدھو

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Forms of twerp

pluraltwerps
alternative formtwirp

Origin of twerp

Of uncertain origin; originally British slang of the 1910s. In a letter, dated 6 October 1944, J. R. R. Tolkien mentions a contemporary of his at Oxford University T.W. Earp, calling him "the original twerp"; but no corroborating evidence for this etymology has come to light. Other suggestions include: a clipping of Antwerp (“type of racing pigeon that flew between Antwerp and London”); the onomatopoeic twirp (“imitation of the sound of a bird”); a dialectal variant of dwarf (compare Middle English dwerf); Welsh twp (“a fool”).

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Questions about twerp

What does twerp mean?
Twerp means a fool, a twit.
What is twerp in Urdu?
Twerp in Urdu is آزاردہ, بدھو. See Twerp meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is twerp?
Twerp is a noun.
How do you pronounce twerp?
Twerp is pronounced /twɝp/ (US).
What is the plural of twerp?
The plural of twerp is twerps.

Words near twerp in the dictionary

  1. twerkers
  2. twerking
  3. twerkings
  4. twerks
  5. twerktastic
  6. twerp
  7. twerpish
  8. twerps
  9. twerpy
  10. Twersky
  11. Twerskys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: twerp (page history and authors); twerp (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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