Tweak

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
  • n. Trouble; distress; tweag.
  • n. A slight adjustment or modification.
  • n. A prostitute.
  • v. To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
  • v. To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
  • v. To twit or tease.
  • v. To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
  • n. A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
  • n. Trouble; distress; tweag.
  • n. A prostitute.
  • The 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a squeeze with the fingers
  • v. pinch or squeeze sharply
  • v. pull or pull out sharply
  • v. adjust finely
  • Verb Form
    tweaked    tweaking    tweaks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    squeeze    squeezing    twitch    pinch    twinge    tweet    nip    tune up    tune   
    Form
    tweaker   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    twitch    trouble    distress    tweag    prostitute    pull    jerk   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cheek    Creek    Dominique    Greek    Martinique    Monique    Mozambique    Sikh    Tariq    Zeke   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    nudge    roguishness    tackler    twitch    castigation    shove    scourging    nip    flogging    infractions