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TO TWEAK

Definition: TWEAK

TWEAK

Noun

1. A squeeze with the fingers.

Verb

1. 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.
 

 

Specialty Definition: TO TWEAK

DomainDefinition

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.

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Crosswords: TO TWEAK

English words defined with "TO TWEAK": Tweag. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TO TWEAK": nerd knobsagan. (references)
Etymologies containing "TO TWEAK": Tweag. (references)

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Modern Translation: TO TWEAK

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.

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Anagrams: TO TWEAK

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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