Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To pinch, pluck, or twist sharply.
- v. To adjust; fine-tune.
- v. To make fun of; tease.
- n. A sharp, twisting pinch.
- n. A teasing remark or action; a joke.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To twitch; pinch and pull with or as with a sharp jerk; twinge.
- n. A sharp pinch or jerk; a twitch.
- n. A pinch; dilemma; perplexity: as, to be in a sad tweak. E. Phillips, 1706. Also tweag, tweague.
- n. A prostitute.
- n. A whoremonger.
Wiktionary
- n. A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
- n. Trouble; distress; tweag.
- n. A slight adjustment or modification.
- n. obsolete, slang A prostitute.
- v. transitive To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
- v. transitive, informal To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
- v. transitive To twit or tease.
- v. intransitive, US, slang To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
- n. A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
- n. obsolete Trouble; distress; tweag.
- n. obsolete A prostitute.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a squeeze with the fingers
- v. pinch or squeeze sharply
- v. pull or pull out sharply
- v. adjust finely
Etymologies
- From Middle English twikken, from Old English twiccian ("to pluck"), cognate with twitch. (Wiktionary)
- Probably variant of dialectal twick, from Middle English twikken, from Old English twiccian. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“Applying the tweak is simple enough — just download, extract and double-click on the registry hack file to apply the changes to the registry.”
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“All you need for this minor tweak is an aluminium strip, a drill, and a screw that will fit into the plate on the bottom of your camera.”
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“WASHINGTON — Republicans say they'll repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care law, but tinker and tweak is as far as they're likely to get.”
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“Today's whole-grain tweak: Using whole-wheat pastry flour and almond meal for baked goodies.”
“Today's whole-grain tweak: Brown rice in idlis and dosas.”
“He described it as a ` ` slight groin tweak '' and said he would be re-evaluated Tuesday.”
“Her tweak is that caps should be lifted so that all income is subject to SS taxation.”
“Seems that the premise of I Am Legend is getting quite a tweak from the original story.”
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