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1. (v.t.) tweak
to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist:
to tweak someone's ear.
2. tweak
to make a minor adjustment to:
to tweak a computer program.
3. (n.) tweak
an act or instance of tweaking.
Etymology: (1595–1605; akin to twitch)
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| Definition of 'tweak' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) pinch, tweak
a squeeze with the fingers
2. (verb) tweak
pinch or squeeze sharply
3. (verb) pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off
pull or pull out sharply
"pluck the flowers off the bush"
4. (verb) fine-tune, tweak
adjust finely
"fine-tune the engine"
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| Definition of 'tweak' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tweak
a sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose
2. (noun) tweak
trouble; distress; tweag
3. (noun) tweak
a prostitute
4. (verb) tweak
to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose
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| Definitions of 'tweak' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. tweak
1. To change slightly, usually in reference to a value. Also used
synonymously with twiddle. If a program is almost
correct, rather than figure out the precise problem you might just keep
tweaking it until it works. See frobnicate and
fudge factor; also see
shotgun debugging. 2. To tune a program; preferred usage in the
U.K.
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Sense: to pull with a sudden jerk.
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 Afrikaans: ruk, pluk |
 Arabic: يَقْرُص أذْن الطِّفِل |
 Bulgarian: дръпвам |
 Brazilian: puxar |
 Czech: škubnout, (za)kroutit |
 German: zwicken |
 Danish: hive |
 Greek: τσιμπώ |
 Spanish: pellizcar |
 Estonian: näpistama |
 Farsi: نیشگون گرفتن |
 Finnish: nykäistä |
 French: tirer, tordre |
 Hebrew: לִצבוֹט |
 Hindi: चिकोटी काटना |
 Croatian: trgnuti,štipati |
 Hungarian: (meg)csíp |
 Indonesian: menarik |
 Icelandic: rykkja |
 Italian: pizzicare; storcere |
 Japanese: ひねる |
 Korean: 홱 집어 당기다 |
 Lithuanian: timptelėti |
 Latvian: spēji paraut; iekniebt |
 Malay: memulas |
 Dutch: knijpen |
 Norwegian: trekke i, nappe |
 Polish: uszczypnąć |
 Persian: نیشگون گرفتن |
 Pashto: نيش وهل |
 Portuguese: puxar |
 Romanian: a pişca, a ciupi |
 Russian: ущипнуть |
 Slovak: (po)štípať, uštipnúť |
 Slovenian: pocukati |
 Serbian: zavrnuti |
 Swedish: nypa, vrida om |
 Thai: หยิก |
 Turkish: çimdiklemek |
 Taiwanese: 擰，捏，扭 |
 Ukrainian: ущипнути, смикати |
 Urdu: نوچنا، چٹکي لينا |
 Vietnamese: véo; vặn |
 Chinese: 拧，捏，扭 |
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