Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - tweak
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Tweak
tweak
verb Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English twikken to pull sharply, from Old English twiccian to pluck — more at twitch Date: 1601 transitive verb 1. to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist ; twitch ~ed a bud from the stem 2. to pinch (a person or a body part) lightly or playfully ~ed the baby's ear affectionately 3. to make usually small adjustments in or to ~ the controls; especially fine-tune 4. a. annoy, bother ~ing the establishment b. to criticize especially in a sly or sharp manner c. to poke fun at 5. to injure slightly ~ an ankle intransitive verb 1. pull, pluck 2. to make small adjustments • ~ noun
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1.
v. & n. --v.tr. 1 pinch and twist sharply; pull with a sharp jerk; twitch. 2 make fine adjustments to (a mechanism). --n. an instance of tweaking. Etymology: prob. alt. of dial. twick & TWITCH(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. щипок to give smb.'s nose a tweak —- ущипнуть кого-либо за нос 2. подергивание; тик 3. волнение, беспокойство 4. сл. увертка; уловка 5. ущипнуть to tweak a child's ears —- драть ребенка за уши 6. потянуть кого-либо за нос (знак оскорбления или презрения) 7. натянуть кому-либо нос 8. дергаться; подергиваться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
1. noun щипок 2. v. ущипнуть, щипать, дергать; to tweak a childs ears - надрать ребенку уши ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
(tweaks, tweaking, tweaked) 1. If you tweak something, especially part of someone’s body, you hold it between your finger and thumb and twist it or pull it. He tweaked Guy’s ear roughly... VERB: V n 2. If you tweak something such as a system or a design, you improve it by making a slight change. (INFORMAL) He expects the system to get even better as the engineers tweak its performance. VERB: V n • Tweak is also a noun. The camera has undergone only two minor tweaks since its introduction. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ v 1 to suddenly pull or twist something (Matthew tweaked her nose.) 2 to make small changes to a machine, vehicle, or system in order to improve the way it works (Of course the programme still needs tweaking to maximize efficiency.) - tweak n C usually singular ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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