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tweak
v. pinch or pull with a jerk; pluck sharply; administer fine adjustments (to a mechanism, etc.); tease


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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



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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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