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Definition of twerp noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

twerp

noun

/twɜːp/

/twɜːrp/

(old-fashioned, informal)

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a stupid or annoying person
- Don’t be such a twerp!
Word Originlate 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

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