tweaking

[ twee-king ]

/ ˈtwi kɪŋ /

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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: What 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): What kind of a tweaking idiot would do that?

adverb

Slang. (used as an intensifier): These fudge brownies are tweaking amazing.

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Origin of tweaking

tweak + -ing¹ for the noun senses; tweak + -ing² for the adjective and adverb senses

Words nearby tweaking

twat, twattle, twayblade, tweak, tweaker, tweaking, twee, tweed, Tweeddale, tweedle, Tweedledum and Tweedledee

How to use tweaking in a sentence

They use AI to make intelligent tweaks specific to your image, based on its content and the results of Google’s research.
Google Photos is better at image editing than you think|Harry Guinness|November 17, 2020|Popular-Science
The deeper you go down the coverage rabbit hole, the more you’ll notice that many of the adjustments and tweaks are spokes off different coverage hubs.
In effective pass coverage, what you see isn’t always what you get|Richard Johnson|November 11, 2020|Washington Post
Once those ads were approved and in Facebook’s system, money continued to pump into campaigns, and the ads were put through a constant set of tweaks and changes redirecting them toward a few battleground states.
Republicans spent millions on last-minute voting ads on Facebook|Tate Ryan-Mosley|November 9, 2020|MIT Technology Review
While some performance flannels incorporate technical features galore, ranging from stretchy look-alike fabrics to hidden zipper pockets, Pearl Izumi’s Rove is a simpler rendition with just the necessary bike-friendly tweaks.
Best Women's Mountain Bike Gear for Fall Riding|Gloria Liu|November 7, 2020|Outside Online

There are a few graphical upgrades and a few new gameplay tweaks, but if you played 2018’s Spider-Man, you pretty much know what to expect.
Spider-Man: Miles Morales review: New hero, same heroic gameplay|Kyle Orland|November 6, 2020|Ars Technica
Some states are now tweaking the standards and dumping the “Common Core” label.
The Incredibly Stupid War on the Common Core|Charles Upton Sahm|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tweaking the Clintons may help win over Republicans for a presidential bid.
Rand Paul Woos the Base With Hot Monica Lewinsky Talk|Michael Tomasky|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What were some big Cameron suggestions that led to you tweaking your films?
Guillermo Del Toro on ‘Cabinet of Curiosities,’ Collaborating with Kanye West, and More|Marlow Stern|November 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
For them, tweaking the game, making play as exciting as possible, is a quest in itself.
A Game Called The Tribez: Inside the City-Building Behemoth|Alec Kubas-Meyer|October 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Studios are also tweaking their films to make them more Chinese-friendly.
What’s Behind Hollywood’s Asian Flirtation? China’s Box Office|Marlow Stern|August 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At present all that ever reached her was a slight disarrangement, a minute tweaking of one of her quilts.
Arundel|Edward Frederic Benson
Eight years later he came again, and, after tweaking her nose, ate a little haggis.
Terribly Intimate Portraits|Nol Coward
At last she lit on the side of a thistle, and tweaking out a fibre flew with it to the nest.
A-Birding on a Bronco|Florence A. Merriam
For Samuel had hold of his ear, and was tweaking it sharply.
The Stokesley Secret|Charlotte M. Yonge
She found him working the ride, Hilda back in the maintenance bay, tweaking some of the robots.
Makers|Cory Doctorow

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