[
US
/ˈtwik/
]
[ UK /twˈiːk/ ]
[ UK /twˈiːk/ ]
NOUN
- a squeeze with the fingers
VERB
-
adjust finely
fine-tune the engine - pinch or squeeze sharply
-
pull or pull out sharply
pluck the flowers off the bush
How To Use tweak In A Sentence
- It will definitely take a lot more tweaking to get me completely happy with it.
- The networks related to cellular development and connective tissue disorder showed that enzymes such as phosphoglycerate 12 mutase (glycolysis), muscle proteins such as myosin heavy chain 4 (Actin cytoskeleton signaling), nebulin-related anchoring protein (Actin binding protein) were significantly down regulated by TWEAK ( PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- I don't really wanna tweak the songs too much. Times, Sunday Times
- Standing in front of the mirror she tweaked a strand of hair into place.
- Even though sociobiology never became exactly fashionable, many biologists eventually warmed up to the ideas, albeit tweaking and interpreting them in a new and modern way.
- The tweaks include new shapes for the front and rear lights, bumper and front grille. The Sun
- In the months and years after the solution passes into legislation, policymakers will keep a close eye on its progress and look to tweak it as is fit.
- He is simply looking to confirm his recovery from a hamstring tweak sustained in the warm-up game against Halifax.
- I'm no pastry chef, but I tweaked and tasted, from all-purpose to cake flour, buttermilk to sour cream, baking powder to soda, recipe to recipe.
- No project approved under the new system is yet finished, and the process is still being tweaked.