Synonyms for tweak

Grammar : Verb

Spell : tweek

Phonetic Transcription : twik

Définition of tweak

Origin : "pinch, pluck, twist," usually to the nose, probably from Old English twiccian "to pluck," of obscure origin; perhaps related to twitch. Meaning "to make fine adjustments" is attested from 1966. Related: Tweaked; tweaking. The noun in this sense is recorded by 1989.

verb adjust

Example sentences :

I have half a mind to go after him and tweak his pigtail soundly.
Extract from : « A Chinese Command » by Harry Collingwood

This one as you see here would do nothing at all, if he was not afraid of a tweak.'
Extract from : « Camilla » by Fanny Burney

He tweaked the string and his tweak was met with uncompromising resistance.
Extract from : « The Incredible Honeymoon » by E. Nesbit

I mean no harm; a little mischief only; and, at most, a tweak of one proboscis or more.
Extract from : « Confession » by W. Gilmore Simms

I must have this paper, and tweak these hypocrites by the nose.
Extract from : « Henry VIII And His Court » by Louise Muhlbach

Bert felt the tweak of that same worry, too, but his course was set.
Extract from : « Big Pill » by Raymond Zinke Gallun

And then the sly thing gave a tweak and pulled out Betty's longest feather.
Extract from : « Dick and His Cat and Other Tales » by Various

And Polly gave the cat such a tweak of the ear that Puttel bounced out of her lap in high dudgeon.
Extract from : « An Old-fashioned Girl » by Louisa May Alcott

One may tweak the one, and tread upon the other, with such manifest impunity.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 » by Various

The bird would kiss its master on the face, tweak his hair, and if one said "Poor old fellow!"
Extract from : « Robert Browning » by Edward Dowden

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