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tweaking
[ twee-king ]
noun
- the act of pinching and pulling something with a jerk and twist:
A slight tweaking of his lips and a furrowing of his brow expressed his disapproval.
- the act of making minor adjustments to something:
A mere tweaking of some bit of technology is not going to fix this massive problem.
- the act of annoying, teasing, or making fun of someone:
The movie seems like it might be an affectionate tweaking of the nerd generation.
- Slang. the act of using methamphetamine, cocaine, or other stimulant drugs, or of behaving wildly or erratically under their influence (usually followed by out ):
Why do people take stuff they’re "not sure of" and then complain about tweaking out—or worse, ending up in the hospital?
- Slang. the act of behaving or causing someone to behave in a wildly excited or agitated manner (usually followed by out ); freaking out:
with his tweaking out over every little mistake, the boss hasn’t been anyone's hero of late.
adjective
- making minor adjustments to something:
I’m so happy with the sound—a huge antidote for me coming from the ever tweaking, never satisfied audiophile world.
- Slang. behaving in a wildly excited or agitated manner, especially as an effect of using methamphetamine, cocaine, or other stimulant drugs:
He was pacing around and bursting in and out of emotional fits like a tweaking junkie.
- Slang. (used as an intensifier):
kind of a tweaking idiot would do that?
adverb
- Slang. (used as an intensifier):
These fudge brownies are tweaking amazing.
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Tony Gonsolin opened the season on the injured list after tweaking his back while lifting weights near the end of spring training.
Looking ahead, Lindhome is still tweaking “Dead Inside,” which she wants at least another year to develop.
They essentially ended up slightly tweaking it so that Trump could strut around like a hero.
Dr Raffan explained: "It alters the predisposition to weight gain because it's tweaking a system that is involved in regulating how hungry we feel and how much energy we burn off."
The real work of making our workplaces fair entails tweaking our products, practices and procedures to embed fairness into the things we already do on a daily basis.
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