twerp

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US/twɝp/UK/twɜːp/

noun

A fool, a twit.

“Now you've broken it, you twerp!”

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Meanings

nountwerp (plural twerps)

plural twerps · alternative twirp

  1. UKcolloquialA fool, a twit.

    Now you've broken it, you twerp!

    1 more example

    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. USchildishcolloquialA small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible.

    Get out of my way, you little twerp!

    Synonyms: twerk, absolute zero, assbucket, asswipe, badling, blatherskite, bugger, carrion

  3. USchildishcolloquialA person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fool, a twit.

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twitgit

nounA small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who is regarded as contemptible

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twirptwit
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simpletonsimple
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fooltwirptwitweakling

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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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Translations

Bulgarian глупак
  • глупак (glupak)a fool, a twit
Czech blbeček, pitomec
  • blbečeka fool, a twit
  • pitomeca fool, a twit
  • blbeca fool, a twit
  • nýmanda small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible
  • ňoumaa person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased
Dutch ettertje
  • ettertjea person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased
Russian дура́к, тупи́ца
  • дура́к (durák)a fool, a twit
  • тупи́ца (tupíca)a fool, a twit
  • ничто́жество (ničtóžestvo)a small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible
  • простофи́ля (prostofílja)a person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased
Slovak krpec, krpec
  • krpeca small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible
  • krpeca person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased
Spanish pendejo, pendejo
  • pendejoa small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible
  • pendejoa person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with twerp

slurpburpchirpusurpperpherppurpterpderptwirpvurp
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Cite this entry
APA

twerp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twerp

MLA

“twerp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twerp. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “twerp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twerp.

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