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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Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
This consists of an input layer that receives a signal, an optical cavity that acts like a second layer containing feedback loops (or recurrent loops) that can be tweaked to change the device behavior and an output layer that produces the result of this computation.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
Read more about that tweak and other possible butt-wink fixes here.
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 7 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Day took that time to jump into the defensive meetings and help coordinator Jim Knowles tweak the defense.
—Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
This consists of an input layer that receives a signal, an optical cavity that acts like a second layer containing feedback loops (or recurrent loops) that can be tweaked to change the device behavior and an output layer that produces the result of this computation.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
The result is a fund that closely mirrors its benchmark in terms of overall composition, but with slight tweaks aimed at generating excess returns.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
Read more about that tweak and other possible butt-wink fixes here.
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Tweak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweak. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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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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