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to tweak

to tweak

15 9.9
To act very nervous and unable to sit still because of a drug
  • verb
  • /twik/
  • NSFW
translation icon : estar bajo los efectos de metanfetamina
  • They picked him up at a traffic stop last night, tweaked out of his mind.
  • get tweaked
  • really tweaked
  • pretty tweaked

Or would you prefer someone tweaking out the way Pep does on the sideline?

Examples

Compounds

tweak freak
  • Informal
9.9

A person who keeps making small changes to make things better

How Agitated

to freak out
  • Informal
430 6.8
to tweak
  • NSFW
15 9.9
wired
  • Informal
1 6.3

Surface Forms

tweak infinitive
tweaked past
tweaked past participle
tweaking present participle
tweaks third person singular

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the slang use of tweak (to be on meth) is to think of 'twitch' and quick nervous movement, because people using the drug often move or act in a fast, agitated way. So saying someone is tweaking describes that drug-caused, restless behavior.