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tweak

About 0.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
    to tweak the nose.
  2. verb To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
    If we tweak the colors towards blue, it will look more natural.
  3. verb To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
  4. verb To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
  5. verb To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by authorities, compulsiveness, erratic motion, excitability, etc, due to or mimicking the symptoms of methamphetamine abuse.
  6. verb To be extremely confused; to have no clue what is happening.
    Am I tweaking or does 2020 feel like 6 months ago?
  7. verb From a catapult, to strike a target with a missile.
  8. noun A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
    a tweak of the nose

Similar words

pinch pluck pull off pick off control modify tweek tweague twinge tweag

Often followed by

the your it and a of ui his to

Word family

tweaked tweaking tweaks

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