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tweak
[ tweek ]
verb (used with object)
- to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist:
She playfully tweaked his ear.
I tweaked my bowtie again, but it stayed stubbornly crooked.
- to pull or pinch the nose of, especially gently:
He leaned over the stroller and tweaked the baby affectionately.
- to make a minor adjustment to:
Bad hardware can't be fixed by tweaking the software.
- to annoy, tease, or make fun of:
How much of her “dumb blonde” image was actually a brilliant performer tweaking the stuffed shirts?
verb (used without object)
- Slang.
- to use methamphetamine, cocaine, or other stimulant drugs:
He'll try to avoid taking a drug test if he's been tweaking and toking.
- to engage in wildly excited or agitated behavior under the influence of such drugs (usually followed by out ):
If I'd seen someone else acting this way I would have thought they were tweaking on meth.
noun
- an act or instance of tweaking; a sharp, twisting pull or jerk:
"Thought it was you," she said, greeting him with a tweak on the nose.
- a minor adjustment:
Here are 12 simple tweaks to speed up your computer.
verb phrase
- to extract by pinching and pulling with a jerk, as with tweezers:
In a twinkling she had tweaked out a dozen hairs and put them in an evidence bag.
- to remove (defects or unwanted features) by means of a minor adjustment:
You have a couple of bugs to tweak out from your website, but you’re on the right track.
- to effect (an improvement) by means of minor adjustments:
They were able to tweak out some pretty hefty performance improvements to the sound system.
- to optimize in this way:
My operating system isn’t tweaked out the way I like, but it's running, stable enough, and ready for use.
- Slang. to engage in wildly excited or agitated behavior under the influence of methamphetamine, cocaine, or other stimulant drugs:
She grabbed a knife and waved it around while tweaking out on crystal meth.
He showed up shirtless and barefoot, tweaked out on cocaine.
- Slang. to make or become wildly excited or agitated; freak (someone) out:
I decided not to tell my kids what I’d done so they wouldn't tweak out about it.
tweak
/ ٷɾː /
verb
- to twist, jerk, or pinch with a sharp or sudden movement
to tweak someone's nose
- slang.motor racing to tune (a car or engine) for peak performance
- informal.to make a minor alteration
noun
- an instance of tweaking
- informal.a minor alteration
Derived Forms
- ˈٷɱ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ٷɱ· noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of tweak1
Example Sentences
Yet, the reality is Guardiola is making subtle tweaks as the season goes on.
With that, she's off to make tweaks for the show's second night.
For the year-long event, a number of fan favorites are making their return, in addition to some new shows and tweaks to favorite attractions.
"At this point it will be little details they tweak, like 'Let's use a different shade of paint on that Lord of the Rings castle'," they said.
Tony Gonsolin opened the season on the injured list after tweaking his back while lifting weights near the end of spring training.
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