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🛠️ To adjust slightly 🛠️ A small change 😵‍💫 To act hyper (slang) 🤏 To pinch sharply 🤏 A sharp pinch
tweak

tweak

2 4.6
A quick pinch or small twist with your fingers
  • noun
  • /twik/
translation icon : pellizco
  • He noticed a small tweak in the design that would enhance its functionality.

Examples

  • After making a few final tweaks to the project, the team submitted it for approval.

  • Me father gave me nose a tweak and told me I was bad

    Mary Poppins (1964)

  • The chief gave T.'s crotch a playful tweak.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • But I reached out from behind her and gave her cheeks a good tweak to make them rosy and, although a bit startled, she smiled, thinking perhaps she was still a bit pretty after all.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • She gave her hair a tweak to ensure it looked just right for the event.

Synonyms

twiddle
vstweak
1 6.1

A small repeated finger movement made when nervous or thinking

is a single small pinch or twist done with the fingers
twizzle
vstweak
9.5

A small twist often in hair or ribbon

is a small finger pinch or slight twist rather than a curl in material

Compounds

tweak freak
  • Informal
9.9

A person who keeps making small changes to make things better

How Strong

wrench
10 4.3
twist
51 2.4
tweak
2 4.6
tap
66 1.0

Surface Forms

tweak singular
tweaks plural

Etymology

Tweak as a noun originally named that quick pinch or small twist you give with your fingers, like a short 'twist' or 'twitch'. That is why a tweak can mean the small, sharp touch someone feels on their skin.