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Tweak Common

Tweak has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a squeeze with the fingers

"She gave his arm a quick tweak to get his attention."

2

A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.

"The sudden tweak in his shoulder made him drop the heavy box right on his foot."

Verb
1

pinch or squeeze sharply

"He winced as I tweaked his arm to get his attention before we left the house."

2

pull or pull out sharply

"pluck the flowers off the bush"

3

adjust finely

"fine-tune the engine"

4

To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.

"The cat gave my leg an unexpected tweak that nearly made me jump out of my chair."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
squeeze pinch pull tune
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
tweeze
Rhyming Words
eak beak meak seak reak leak keak feak deak teak peak creak speak fleak steak break sneak bleak aleak freak
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