Tweak

Quick meaning: Tweak is a verb meaning (transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.

Meaning

(transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
2. (intransitive, US, slang) To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
3. (intransitive, slang, by extension) To be extremely confused; to have no clue what is happening.
4. (military, weaponry, uncommon) From a catapult, to strike a target with a missile.
5. A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
6. (transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
7. (intransitive, US, slang) To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by authorities, compulsiveness, erratic motion, excitability, etc, due to or mimicking the symptoms of methamphetamine abuse.

Example Sentences

to tweak the nose.

If we tweak the colors towards blue, it will look more natural.

Yet on January 10th, only weeks before the charter was due to come into force, the prime minister said his government was tweaking the draft.

“Russia needs leadership and he knows how to tweak people.” He grinned, “He made a convert of me,” chuckling. “I wanted to lead him by the hand, now I follow him like a puppy dog.”

Word Forms

• tweaks
• tweaking
• tweaked

Synonyms for tweak

Depending on context, synonyms include trip, pinch, pluck, pull off, pick off.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pinch, pluck, pull off, pick off, control, modify.

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