Definitions
To make a small adjustment or improvement.
Word origin
From Middle English twikken, from Old English twiccian (“to pluck”), from Proto-West Germanic *twekkōn (“to fasten; clamp; pinch”). Related to twitch. The drug-related sense may be a blend of twitch and freak.
Used in a sentence
“to tweak the nose.”
“If we tweak the colors towards blue, it will look more natural.”
“Yet on January 10th, only weeks before the charter was due to come into force, the prime minister said his government was tweaking the draft.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Make a small adjustment”5 letters
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