Definição/Significado de tweak

• English - Noun: tweak ( plural tweaks ) A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch . a tweak of the nose . Trouble; distress; tweag . A slight adjustment or modification . He is running so many tweaks it is hard to remember how it looked originally . ( obsolete , slang ) A prostitute . 1638 , Richard Brathwait, Barnabae Itinerarium: or Drunken Barnaby's four journeys to the north of England
• English - Verb: tweak ( third-person singular simple present tweaks , present participle tweaking , simple past and past participle tweaked ) ( transitive ) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch . to tweak the nose . ( transitive , informal ) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune. If we tweak the colors towards blue , it will look more natural . ( transitive ) To twit or tease . ( intransitive ,…
• English - Etymology: From Middle English twikken , from Old English twiccian ( “ to pluck ” ), cognate with twitch .
• English - Pronunciation: Rhymes: -iːk
• English - References: Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary , Springfield , Massachusetts , G .&C. Merriam Co ., 1967