tweak

tr.v., tweaked, tweak·ing, tweaks.

1. To pinch, pluck, or twist sharply.
2. To adjust; fine-tune.
3. To make fun of; tease.

n.

1. A sharp, twisting pinch.
2. A teasing remark or action; a joke.

[Probably variant of dialectal twick, from Middle English twikken, from Old English twiccian.]

tweaky tweak'y adj.

To make minor adjustments in an electronic system or in a software program in order to improve performance. See calibrate.

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1. To change slightly, usually in reference to a value. Also used synonymously with twiddle. If a program is almost correct, rather than figure out the precise problem you might just keep tweaking it until it works. See frobnicate and fudge factor; also see shotgun debugging.

2. To tune a program; preferred usage in the U.K.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - klemme, knibe, rykke i, vride
n. - kniben, ryk

Nederlands (Dutch)
knijpen, ruk

Français (French)
v. tr. - tordre, tirer, gonfler, gonfler (moteur)
n. - coup sec, (Comput) amélioration

Deutsch (German)
v. - kneifen, kleine Veränderungen vornehmen
n. - Kneifen, kleine Veränderung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συνθλίβω, τσιμπώ (και στρίβω)
n. - τσιμπιά

Italiano (Italian)
pizzicare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - puxar, beliscar, sacudir
n. - puxão (m), beliscão (m)

Русский (Russian)
щипнуть

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - pellizcar
n. - pellizco, retorcido

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - nypa, vrida om, rycka (dra) i
n. - nyp, vridning, ryck

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
扭, 拧, 捏, 苦恼, 焦急

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 扭, 擰, 捏
n. - 扭, 擰, 捏, 苦惱, 焦急

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 비틀다, 꼬집다, 홱 당기다
n. - 비틀기, 꼬집음

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - つまむこと
v. - つまむ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشمط, يقرص, يمرز (الاسم) طعم, نكهه, مسحه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮צבט וסובב באופן חד, צבט, משך, מרט‬
n. - ‮צביטה, משיכה, מריטה, כוונון עדין של מנגנון‬

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