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Definition: Twerp |
TwerpNoun1. Someone who is regarded as contemptible. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: TwerpSynonyms: twirp (n), twit (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Act like a man you sniveling twerp. (M*A*S*H; writing credit: Larry Gelbart) | |
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 | Blockhead; bonehead; dolt; donkey; dope; dunce; fool; halfwit; idiot; imbecile; jackass; jerk; nincompoop; nitwit; numskull; schmuck; simpleton; twerp; twit; ass; birdbrain; blockhead; bonehead; boob; bore; buffoon; butt; chump; clod; clown; cretin; dimwi. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Twerp" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Twerp" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.33% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 11.11% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 5.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
twerp | 15 |
icky twerp | 4 |
band twerp | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "twerp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kaqol (bugger). (various references) | |
Arabic | غبي (asinine, dense, dick, dim witted, drip, dull, dullard, empty headed, fathead, jerk, lacking, lunatic, moronic, opaque, patsy, plonker, sap, slow witted, soppy, stupid, thick, thick-headed, thickish, thick-witted, tomfool, uncivil, unintelligent, wooden). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | простак (bounder, buffoon, cad, fellow, hog, lout, oaf, outsider, philistine, savage, schmo, schnook, slob, spoon, vulgarian), подлец (bastard, blackguard, caitiff, creep, dastard, hangdog, ratface, recreant, reprobate, scoundrel, skunk, sneak, sneaker, snot, villain, wretch, yellow dog). (various references) | |
French | idiot (twit), andouille. (various references) | |
German | Kerl (beggar, blighter, bloke, chap, character, cove, fellow, guy, operator, wretch). (various references) | |
Hebrew | טומטום (moron, nit, nitwit, twit). (various references) | |
Hungarian | undok fráter (heel), jellemtelen patkány, hitvány fráter (cuss, rotter, shabby fellow, skunk, stinker). (various references) | |
Italian | idiota (fook, fool, idiot, idiotic, mooncalf, moron, stupid). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | erptway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | imbecil (addled, anile, ass, barmy, dull, dunderhead, fatuous, feather brain, featherbrained, foolish, goofy, gowk, half-witted, idiot, idiotic, imbecile, jackass, loggerhead, moronic, nitwit, nitwitted, oaf, oafish, pumpkin-head, stupe, stupid, underwit, witless). (various references) | |
Russian | грубиян (boor, butch, cad, chuff, churl, curmudgeon, mucker, tike, tyke). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nikogović (good for nothing, nobody, whipster). (various references) | |
Spanish | bobalicón (oaf). (various references) | |
Swedish | dumskalle (blockhead, dimwit, dolt, dope, dummy, fathead, gawky, imbecile, jackass, jay, lug, lump, meat ball, muggins, sap, saphead, twit, Wally, yo-yo). (various references) | |
Turkish | kıl tip, aptal (bird brained, birdbrain, booby, cretin, cuckoo, daft, Dotty, drag, dumb, dumb bell, dummy, dunce, fathead, fat-head, fat-headed, fatuous, feeble minded, fool, foolish, gaga, goofy, gormless, half wit, half-witted, harebrained, idiot, idiotic, inane, innocent, lummox, oafish, silly, simp, softhead, softy, stupid, thickheaded, tomfool, twit), ahmak (addled, ass, blockhead, boob, bumpkin, cabbagehead, chucklehead, chumpish, clot, country bumpkin, crass, cretin, deadly dull, dimwitted, dolt, doltish, dreary, dullish, dumb bell, dunderhead, dunderheaded, fathead, fool, foolish, gander, gawk, gawky, goat, goof, goose, greenhorn, Gubbins, half wit, half-witted, hayseed, idiot, jackass, jerk, josser, kookaburra, light in the head, loon, lummox, lump, muggins, mutt, mutton head, noddy, numskull, prune, pudding-head, sap, saphead, sappy, schlepper, simp, soft, stupid). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | грубіян (bearish, bucko, cad, chuff, churl, cur, nowt, snapper, termagant, tyke, ugly customer), пройдисвіт (adventurer, bounder, cheat, nib, rogue, vagabond). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | kẻ đáng khinh người khờ dại (twirp). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "twerp": twerps. (additional references) | |
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"Twerp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: terp, Tvesrp, twap, twar, t'war, twarp, tweep, twer, twere, t'were, twern, twerpt, twert, twr. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-p-r-t-w" | |
-1 letter: pert, wept, wert. | |
-2 letters: per, pet, pew, rep, ret, tew, wet. | |
-3 letters: er, et, pe, re, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-p-r-t-w" | |
+1 letter: pewter, powter, twerps. | |
+2 letters: bewrapt, pewters, powters, prowest, rewrapt, towrope, upthrew, wiretap, writeup. | |
+3 letters: crowstep, outpower, pewterer, pilewort, tapeworm, towropes, tripwire, uptowner, wetproof, wiretaps, writeups. | |
+4 letters: crowsteps, deepwater, drawplate, flowerpot, newsprint, outpowers, pennywort, pewterers, pileworts, polywater, powerboat, spearwort, tapeworms, topworked, tripwires, typewrite, typewrote, uptowners, wirephoto. | |
+5 letters: carpetweed, copywriter, drawplates, flowerpots, multipower, newsprints, outpowered, pennyworth, pennyworts, polywaters, powerboats, presweeten, prewriting, profitwise, spearworts, spiderwort, spleenwort, sportswear, sprawliest, supersweet, typewriter, typewrites, waitperson, wastepaper, waterpower, waterproof, waterscape, waterspout, wentletrap, wirephotos, wiretapped, wiretapper. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Sounds 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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