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Definition: TWEAK |
TWEAKNoun1. A squeeze with the fingers. Verb1. Pinch or squeeze sharply. 2. Pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush". 3. Adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | To adjust an audio or video component so that it works at its very best. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | TO TWEAK. To pull: to tweak any one's nose. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: TO TWEAK |
| English words defined with "TO TWEAK": Tweag. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "TO TWEAK": nerd knob ♦ sagan. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "TO TWEAK": Tweag. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "TO TWEAK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | trimme (alignment). (various references) | |
Dutch | fijn afstellen. (various references) | |
Finnish | optimoida (optimization). (various references) | |
French | régler (to regulate, to smooth). (various references) | |
German | trimmen (clip, teach, train, trim, tune), zwicken (nip, pinch, to nip, tweak), fein abstimmen. (various references) | |
Greek | βελτιστορρυθμίζω. (various references) | |
Hungarian | megcsavar, megcsíp (bit, bitten, Peck, sting, to bite, to nip, to peck, to scorch, tweak), csíp és csavar. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otay eaktway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | afinar (attune, key, taper, tune, voice). (various references) | |
Spanish | ajustar óptimamente. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-k-o-t-t-w" | |
-2 letters: awoke, tweak. | |
-3 letters: keto, take, tate, teak, teat, toea, toke, tote, twae, wake, watt, weak, weka, woke. | |
-4 letters: ate, att, awe, eat, eta, kae, kat, kea, koa, oak, oat, oka, oke, owe, tae, tao, tat, taw, tea, tet, tew, toe, tot, tow, twa, two, wae, wat, wet, woe, wok, wot. | |
-5 letters: ae, at, aw. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-k-o-t-t-w" | |
+4 letters: latticework. | |
+5 letters: latticeworks. | |
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