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Noun: twerp  twurp
Usage: informal
  1. Someone who is regarded as contemptible
    "The office twerp was always trying to impress the boss with trivial accomplishments";
    - twirp [informal, rare], twit [informal], gink [N. Amer, informal]
Verb: twerp  twurp
Usage: informal
  1. Make a weak, chirping sound
    "The baby birds twerped in their nest";
    - tweet, twirp [informal, rare]

Derived forms: twerps

Type of: go, simple [archaic], simpleton, sound

Encyclopedia: Twerp