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as in twitching
to grasp and move with a small forceful motion
Hey, you tweaked my nose!
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as in adjusting
to make small adjustments to
You can tweak the settings to customize the display. He spent considerable time tweaking the recipe.
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as in mocking
to make (someone or something) the object of criticism, amusement, or laughter
They're always tweaking me about my northern accent.
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Recent Examples of tweaking
And even tweaking the status quo might not be enough.
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Gisela Carere, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recently, designers also made millimetric adjustments to the best-selling AIRism T-shirt, tweaking the shirt’s inner seams to insure that the neckline would lie flatter, with no bumps.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
While there is surely much to come in this ongoing story — training camp officially begins Thursday at TRIA Rink — tweaking the offer to include more money for fewer seasons makes sense.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
The deal keeps a twice-yearly climate credit, tweaking it so that a break on utility bills shows up during months when bills are the highest.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
True, a lot of progress has been made since then, but it's mainly been in the realm of tweaking the system and cutting down on weight.
—David Szondy
september 10, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
But Moscow is tweaking its designs all the time.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
But, rather than tweaking the app to address those issues, Color Labs remained focused on signing up more users.
—Harvard Business Review, 27 Aug. 2025
The touch screen can be used with other widgets for switching performance profiles, controlling RGB settings, and tweaking other critical controls.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
Gisela Carere, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recently, designers also made millimetric adjustments to the best-selling AIRism T-shirt, tweaking the shirt’s inner seams to insure that the neckline would lie flatter, with no bumps.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
While there is surely much to come in this ongoing story — training camp officially begins Thursday at TRIA Rink — tweaking the offer to include more money for fewer seasons makes sense.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
The deal keeps a twice-yearly climate credit, tweaking it so that a break on utility bills shows up during months when bills are the highest.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
True, a lot of progress has been made since then, but it's mainly been in the realm of tweaking the system and cutting down on weight.
—David Szondy
september 10, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
But Moscow is tweaking its designs all the time.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
But, rather than tweaking the app to address those issues, Color Labs remained focused on signing up more users.
—Harvard Business Review, 27 Aug. 2025
The touch screen can be used with other widgets for switching performance profiles, controlling RGB settings, and tweaking other critical controls.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tweaking
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Any dairy farmer can tell you that biting flies are a pestilent scourge for cattle herds, which is why one so often sees cows throwing their heads, stamping their feet, flicking their tails, and twitching their skin—desperately trying to shake off the nasty creatures.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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Prior to the 2024 incident, Mangione reportedly shared information on Reddit about a number of health issues, including struggles with back pain, brain fog, and twitching leg muscles.—
Olivia-Anne Cleary,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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Carriers on the trade lane are working around the contracting utilization by blanking sailings and adjusting schedules.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
22 Sep. 2025
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Read more about how grocery stores, restaurants and consumers are adjusting to the change in beef prices.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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Your husband overreacted and disrespected you, slapping food and mocking you.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Since Kirk's assassination, many people, including teachers, pilots and health care workers have been fired or disciplined for posting hateful, celebratory or mocking social media messages about his death.—
Ashley Hume , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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Now, every webpage could be viewed natively on the phone’s browser, and zooming into a section was as easy as pinching or double-tapping.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
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Besides pinching, the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses can also be controlled using the Meta AI voice assistant, just as users can with the device’s predecessors.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
20 Sep. 2025
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Preview comes to iOS With the iOS debut of Preview, Apple brings an app for viewing and editing PDFs and images to iPhones, which macOS users have had for years.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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The cinematography is courtesy of Noé Bach, with editing by Héloïse Pelloquet and an original score by Amine Bouhafa.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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Despite initially teasing a retirement from touring back in 2022, the band has decided to reverse course and get their wigs back into fighting shape.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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The singer has been busy lately teasing the follow-up to his 2022 sophomore LP, Faith in the Future, telling fans earlier this month that the untitled album is nearly complete.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
24 Sep. 2025
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Seeing his father’s face flush and his hands start shaking, Grant asked what was wrong and Ben turned to look at Michael.—
Ted Katauskas,
Outside,
23 Sep. 2025
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Weak to light shaking was observed, with reports from cities such as San Mateo and San Francisco indicating that the earthquake was felt, according to the USGS DYFI report.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Researchers at Seoul National University have improved the performance and stability of aqueous zinc-ion batteries by modifying a single molecule in the electrolyte.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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After graduating from college, Pendleton began her career as a cartographic engineer, designing and modifying maps at the dawn of the computer age.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Tweaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tweaking. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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