Definition of Tweak
1. Noun. A squeeze with the fingers.
2. Verb. Pinch or squeeze sharply.
3. Verb. Pull or pull out sharply. "Pluck the flowers off the bush"
Generic synonyms: Draw, Force, Pull
Related verbs: Draw Away, Draw Off, Pull Off
Specialized synonyms: Tweeze
4. Verb. Adjust finely. "Fine-tune the engine"
Definition of Tweak
1. v. t. To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.
2. n. A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose.
Definition of Tweak
1. Noun. A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch. ¹
2. Noun. Trouble; distress; tweag. ¹
3. Noun. A slight adjustment or modification. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete slang) A prostitute. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To twit or tease. ¹
8. Verb. (intransitive US slang) To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tweak
1. to pinch and twist sharply [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tweak
| tway twayblade twayblades tways twazzock twazzocks twdt tweag tweaging tweakable | tweakage tweaked tweaker tweakers tweakier tweakiest tweaking tweakings tweaks tweaky | twee twee pop tweed |
Literary usage of Tweak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1843)
"replied tweak. "What are you going to stand ?" " I have not got anything. ...
tweak threw it at a cat, and broke a kitchen-window, so we couldn't ask for it ..."
2. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... of the corolla and of the stamens, whilst that of the lobes of the calyx Is
four only. There is probably hut one South American species, »tweak shrub or ..."
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