tweak

Plural: tweaks

Noun

• a squeeze with the fingers
• A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
• A slight adjustment or modification.
• Trouble; distress; tweag.
• A prostitute.
• Methamphetamine.
• A single inhalation of cocaine.
• An additional input to a block cipher, used in conjunction with the key to select the permutation computed by the cipher.

Verb

Verb Forms: tweaked, tweaking, tweaks

• To pinch and twist sharply; to adjust slightly.
• pinch or squeeze sharply
• pull or pull out sharply
• adjust finely
• To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
• To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
• To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
• To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
• To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by authorities, compulsiveness, erratic motion, excitability, etc, due to or mimicking the symptoms of methamphetamine abuse.
• To be extremely confused; to have no clue what is happening.
• From a catapult, to strike a target with a missile.

Examples

• a tweak of the nose
• Am I tweaking or does 2020 feel like 6 months ago?
• He decided to TWEAK his strategy after noticing his opponent’s consistent bingo patterns.
• He is running so many tweaks it is hard to remember how it looked originally.
• If we tweak the colors towards blue, it will look more natural.
• to tweak the nose.

Synonyms

fine-tune, pick off, pinch, pluck, pull off, trip

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