Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person regarded as insignificant and contemptible.
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- noun UK, colloquial A
fool , atwit . - noun US, colloquial A small or
puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible. - noun US, colloquial A person who can be
bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who is regarded as contemptible
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If you are not careful this Skywalker twerp is going to hand you your head soon.
Blasted Contractors! 2005
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I hope this twerp is leaving brown and yellow stains all over the walls and where-ever he’s seated.
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Republicans on the Hill, on the radio and on cable news seemed to have forgotten how ridiculous George W. Bush looked when he performed his pee-pants-dance in public; acting like a petulant, entitled twerp who could, at any moment, very nearly regress into an actual terrible-twos tantrum, only to pull himself back at the last second and find some restraint just before reflexively dropping to the ground in a raging tempest of elbows, fists and teeth.
Bob Cesca: Obama Versus the Republicans: Chill Out, He's Got This 2009
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Republicans on the Hill, on the radio and on cable news seemed to have forgotten how ridiculous George W. Bush looked when he performed his pee-pants-dance in public; acting like a petulant, entitled twerp who could, at any moment, very nearly regress into an actual terrible-twos tantrum, only to pull himself back at the last second and find some restraint just before reflexively dropping to the ground in a raging tempest of elbows, fists and teeth.
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In it, she calls me a "twerp," quotes that last paragraph, and ends:
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And yes yes yes "twerp" like many words in our living language has come a ways since the grunt age.
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Dave1999 Is anyone familiar with the word 'twerp'?
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Dave1999 Is anyone familiar with the word 'twerp'?
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Dave1999 Is anyone familiar with the word 'twerp'?
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Why else would a father go as far as to remind his offspring not to be a "twerp"?
TODAYonline 2010
sionnach commented on the word twerp
What Weirdnet said. Alternatively, a bumptious little prat.
December 19, 2007
yarb commented on the word twerp
Citation on brig.
March 26, 2012