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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 byout ).
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
tweak out
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
/ twiːk /
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
Other Word Forms
- tweaker noun
- tweaky adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of tweak1
Example Sentences
In each new iteration of Super Smash Bros., the characters get upgraded—they receive new powers, new moves, or just tweaks to their classic designs.
She reached down and tweaked Alexander on the cheek.
The proposed changes could include measures that would make it easier for companies to use data to train AI models and other tweaks to the EU’s digital rules, according to people familiar with the plan.
Given the way Scotland came so close to a famous fightback against Greece, Dodds thinks Clarke will "probably keep the same formation" but "might tweak a couple of personnel" against Denmark.
Earlier this year, Vantage called JPMorgan to say it wanted to pull the trigger, with one tweak.
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