[
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.
- 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.
- In doing so it had cleared all the gunk from my arteries, tweaking my ciliary muscles so my eyesight is as good as anyone's, and generally made me into the healthiest human being on the planet. Neurosurgical Intervention For Beginners