āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to tweak
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āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž
to pinch, pull, or adjust something with a sudden, quick motion, particularly to remove or separate it from something else
Complex Transitive: to tweak sth from sth [adj]
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The gardener tweaked a few leaves from the plant to promote better growth.
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
to give a sharp, quick squeeze or pinch
Transitive: to tweak sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The toddler giggled as his mother gently tweaked his nose during playtime.
āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŽāĻž āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻšā§āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ āĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make small and precise adjustments
Transitive: to tweak sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The mechanic needed to tweak the engine's performance by adjusting a few parameters.
āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻĢāĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ āĻā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ¤āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to behave nervously, compulsively, or erratically, often in response to stress or pressure
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I could see her tweaking over the approaching project deadline.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ° āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
01
āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĒ
a squeeze with the fingers
