tweaked; tweaking; tweaks
plural tweaks
1
: a small change or adjustment
We made a few tweaks to the original recipe.
Jellyfish collects information about what's happening behind the scenes and rushes it to its corporate clients so they can make investments based on things like forthcoming regulations or tax code tweaks.—
Tim Murphy
Tim MurphyThey'd try making helpful tweaks to the way my chair faced the computer …—Lucette Lagnado
Lucette Lagnado2
: a sharp pinch or jerk
a tweak of the nose
Archie laughed, and Rose, seeing a merry blue eye winking at her from behind two brown hands, gave Charlie's ear a friendly tweak …—Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott3
: a slight injury causing pain
… it's worth remembering that Pryor is a more dangerous runner than passer, so even a slight tweak of the leg or ankle could be a significant blow to the offense at State College.—Bob Hunter
Bob HunterExamples of tweak in a Sentence
Verb
We just wanted to tweak his original idea a bit.
He tweaked his ankle playing soccer.
My brother hates it when our grandmother tweaks his cheek.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Nov. 2024
Testing the Magic Trackpad: Keeping 'Track' of Changes All of the Trackpad’s additional functions can be tweaked to your liking in your Mac’s System Preferences app.
—PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Both North American and international retail operations saw improved margins, led by better cost management, tweaks in seller policies, and higher fees.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Verb
When the Department of Transportation has only a sparse staff and limited budget to cope with 6,000 miles of streets and an endless supply of fractious New Yorkers eager to tweak, delay, and even block the lifesaving street redesigns.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Nov. 2024
Testing the Magic Trackpad: Keeping 'Track' of Changes All of the Trackpad’s additional functions can be tweaked to your liking in your Mac’s System Preferences app.
—PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
In terms of the Undo function, an excellent adjustment history panel shows not only all previous tweaks but also a thumbnail at the top with a mini view of those tweaks' effects.
—PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Both North American and international retail operations saw improved margins, led by better cost management, tweaks in seller policies, and higher fees.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Tweak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweak. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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tweak
verb1
: to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist
2
: to make small adjustments in or to
tweak the controls
3
: to injure slightly
tweak
noun
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