twat

noun, verb — 3 senses

twat

noun

AU, NZ, UK /twæt/ · US /twɑt/

Etymology Unknown origin. Possibly cognate with Old Norse þveit (“cut, slit, forest clearing”), and if so a doublet of thwaite. May however simply be onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic.

1

Slang, Vulgar The vagina or vulva.

  • That you wanna get with, lick up in my twat / Gotta hit the spot, if not don't test the poom-poom1996, “No Time”, in Hard Core, performed by Lil' Kim ft. Puff Daddy:
2

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Offensive, Slang, Vulgar A contemptible and stupid person, idiot.

  • At 4pm, the phone went. It was The Sun: 'We hear your daughter's been expelled for cheating at her school exams...' She'd made a remark to a friend at the end of the German exam and had been pulled up for talking. As they left the exam room, she muttered that the teacher was a 'twat'. He heard and flipped—a pretty stupid thing to do, knowing the kids were tired and tense after exams. Instead of dropping it, the teacher complained to the Head and Deb was carpeted.1992 June 24, Edwina Currie, Diary:
  • "LARGE MOCHA TO GO, MEDIUM CHAI FOR HERE, YOU TWATS"2009, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), Number 1433: Sweet Distraction:
Derived terms
eat twat, fucktwat, knobtwat, lick-twat, twatfaced, twathead, twatlike, Twatter, twattery, twattish, twatty, twazzock, twunt

twat

verb

Etymology Unknown origin. Possibly cognate with Old Norse þveit (“cut, slit, forest clearing”), and if so a doublet of thwaite. May however simply be onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic.

1

Commonwealth, Slang, Vulgar To hit, slap.

  • Arnold Rimmer: What are we gonna do? Dave Lister: Well, I say let's get out there and twat it!1989, Red Dwarf, series III, episode 3 (Polymorph)
  • "Umbridge'll twat him into next week."2005, S. J. Smith, Joe Public:
2 more examples
  • "I'd love to twat her over the head with this. What d'ya reckon?" "She'd certainly bleed a lot."2006, Martyn J. Pass, Dani Pass, Waiting for Red:
  • That's the only time I have been twatted by someone.2007, Mark Button, Security Officers And Policing: Powers, Culture and Control in the Governance of Private Space:
Derived terms
twat about, twat around
Related terms
twit-twat

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