werk

American

[wurk] / wɜrk /

verb

Slang.

werked, werking

to perform or express oneself with exceptional skill, confidence, and style (often used in exclamations to cheer someone on, such as "werk that outfit!").

Example Sentences

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Halili responded, "I love you more," but said she was "in Vegas tryna werk."

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

“I feel like we’ve been fed how fierce New York queens are for so long,” adds Luzon, who was a New Yorker herself when she first shantayed into the werk room a decade ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2021

Then retreeved there crool hats and went bak to werk, slaping hands, as if what they had done was gud, and cul, and had made them glad.

From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2017

RAMPLING: I wurnt ewe two to werk together.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2010

He brout you u in here and he askd me to let you werk here and look after you as best I coud.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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