Definition of twerp
:a silly, insignificant, or contemptible person
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Examples of twerp in a Sentence
Some little twerp took her seat.
Her boyfriend's just a pretentious twerp.
Recent Examples of twerp from the Web
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Her latest protégé, Don Atari (Kyle Mooney), is an anti-fashion hipster and sour little twerp whose idea of a fashion-show locale is a garbage dump.
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Origin and Etymology of twerp
twerp Synonyms
Synonyms
cipher, dwarf, half-pint, insect, insignificancy, lightweight, morsel, nonentity, nothing, nullity, number, pip-squeak, pygmy (also pigmy), shrimp, snippersnapper, nobody, whippersnapper, zero, zilchAntonyms
big shot, big wheel, bigwig, eminence, figure, kahuna, kingpin, magnate, nabob, personage, somebody, VIPRelated Words
no-name, noncelebrity; least; inferior, mediocrity, obscurity; figurehead, puppet; nonpersonNear Antonyms
chief, head, lead, leader; celebrity, luminary, notable, personality, planet, star, superstar; authority, superior; great power, party, powerTWERP Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of twerp for English Language Learners
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: someone who is stupid or annoying
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