tweaked; tweaking; tweaks
plural tweaks
1
: a small change or adjustment
We made a few tweaks to the original recipe.
Jellyfish collects information about what's happening behind the scenes and rushes it to its corporate clients so they can make investments based on things like forthcoming regulations or tax code tweaks.—
Tim Murphy
Tim MurphyThey'd try making helpful tweaks to the way my chair faced the computer …—Lucette Lagnado
Lucette Lagnado2
: a sharp pinch or jerk
a tweak of the nose
Archie laughed, and Rose, seeing a merry blue eye winking at her from behind two brown hands, gave Charlie's ear a friendly tweak …—Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott3
: a slight injury causing pain
… it's worth remembering that Pryor is a more dangerous runner than passer, so even a slight tweak of the leg or ankle could be a significant blow to the offense at State College.—Bob Hunter
Bob HunterExamples of tweak in a Sentence
Verb
We just wanted to tweak his original idea a bit.
He tweaked his ankle playing soccer.
My brother hates it when our grandmother tweaks his cheek.
Recent Examples on the WebErik Shilling, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024
Commercial chocolate makers may also tweak their recipes to amp up or mimic chocolate flavors without using more cocoa.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
Today, riders can set or tweak their preferences in the settings menu, customizing them based on time or location, according to the release.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
The developers for both projects will now tweak their proposals and bring back final development plans for council approval at a later date.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
Teams could tweak their plans and ask voters again.
—David A. Lieb, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
Such changes include adding hundreds more trackside detectors and tweaking how to respond to alerts from them.
—Josh Funk, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
Two weeks ago, the House Criminal Justice Committee voted to favorably report a substitute version of the bill, tweaking it to account for the pardon process.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 26 Mar. 2024
In addition, its engine gets tweaked up to 759 hp and 531 ft lbs of torque so that the car can hit 60 mph in less than 2.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 219 mph.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
Billy Perrigo, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
Wear it with almost any pair of shorts, midi skirt, or pants, and tucked in, unbuttoned, or even tied in front to change any look — making multiple outfits with just a slight tweak.
—Kayla Becker, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2024
Park’s team feeds the lunar and solar position data — alongside similar parameters for the planets and hundreds of asteroids, and corrections for things like pressure from the solar wind, and not just the laws of Newton’s gravity but the subtler tweaks of general relativity — into a computer model.
—Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
Many adjustable parameters complicate the process, including tweaks to substrate temperature, gas flow rates, and deposition time.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Mar. 2024
His focus thereafter increasingly fell on enhancing the sustainability of these monetary settings with policy tweaks.
—Toru Fujioka, Fortune Asia, 19 Mar. 2024
There was never an ending, just another tweak in the future.
—USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
Chalk that up to moderate gains in power from the inline six, further efficiencies in the mild-hybrid system and gearbox, and calibration tweaks.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Another tweak changed the order of the ingredients on the assembly line to minimize workers bending over and straining their backs.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
Verb
It was evolved from the 250 SWB by engineer Giotto Bizzarrini who strengthened the chassis and tweaked the 3.0-liter 12-cylinder to crest 300 hp.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024
Commercial chocolate makers may also tweak their recipes to amp up or mimic chocolate flavors without using more cocoa.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
Today, riders can set or tweak their preferences in the settings menu, customizing them based on time or location, according to the release.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
The developers for both projects will now tweak their proposals and bring back final development plans for council approval at a later date.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
Teams could tweak their plans and ask voters again.
—David A. Lieb, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
Such changes include adding hundreds more trackside detectors and tweaking how to respond to alerts from them.
—Josh Funk, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
Two weeks ago, the House Criminal Justice Committee voted to favorably report a substitute version of the bill, tweaking it to account for the pardon process.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 26 Mar. 2024
In addition, its engine gets tweaked up to 759 hp and 531 ft lbs of torque so that the car can hit 60 mph in less than 2.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 219 mph.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
Noun
There’s short-term engagement, which is easy for platforms to optimize for: is a tweak to a platform likely to make users spend more time scrolling during the next hour?
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
Wear it with almost any pair of shorts, midi skirt, or pants, and tucked in, unbuttoned, or even tied in front to change any look — making multiple outfits with just a slight tweak.
—Kayla Becker, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2024
Park’s team feeds the lunar and solar position data — alongside similar parameters for the planets and hundreds of asteroids, and corrections for things like pressure from the solar wind, and not just the laws of Newton’s gravity but the subtler tweaks of general relativity — into a computer model.
—Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
Many adjustable parameters complicate the process, including tweaks to substrate temperature, gas flow rates, and deposition time.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Mar. 2024
His focus thereafter increasingly fell on enhancing the sustainability of these monetary settings with policy tweaks.
—Toru Fujioka, Fortune Asia, 19 Mar. 2024
There was never an ending, just another tweak in the future.
—USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
Chalk that up to moderate gains in power from the inline six, further efficiencies in the mild-hybrid system and gearbox, and calibration tweaks.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Another tweak changed the order of the ingredients on the assembly line to minimize workers bending over and straining their backs.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
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tweak
verb1
: to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist
2
: to make small adjustments in or to
tweak the controls
3
: to injure slightly
tweak
noun
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