tweak
v.
pinch or pull with a jerk; pluck sharply; administer fine adjustments (to a mechanism, etc.); tease
n.
act of pinching or pulling with a jerk; sharp pluck; action of administering fine adjustments (to a mechanism, etc.); teasing joke, teasing action
Tweaker
tweak
Noun
1. a squeeze with the fingers
(synonym) pinch
(hypernym) squeeze, squeezing
(derivation) pluck, pull off, pick off
Verb
1. pinch or squeeze sharply
(hypernym) pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
(derivation) pinch
2. pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
(synonym) pluck, pull off, pick off
(hypernym) pull, draw, force
(hyponym) tweeze
(verb-group) draw off, draw away, pull off
(derivation) pinch
3. adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine"
(synonym) fine-tune
(hypernym) tune, tune up
Tweak
(v. t.)
To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.
(n.)
Trouble; distress; tweag.
(n.)
A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose.
(n.)
A prostitute.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
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 or
bum a program; preferred usage in the UK.
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