tweak

6 definitions found

tweak - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tweak \Tweak\, n.
     1. A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of
        the nose. --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Trouble; distress; tweag. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Brathwait.
        [1913 Webster]

  Tweak \Tweak\, v. t. [OE. twikken, originally the same word as
     twicchen; cf. LG. twikken. See Twitch.]
     To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch;
     as, to tweak the nose. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

tweak - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tweak
      n 1: a squeeze with the fingers [syn: pinch, tweak]
      v 1: pinch or squeeze sharply
      2: pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
         [syn: pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off]
      3: adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine" [syn: fine-tune,
         tweak]

tweak - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  tweak
  
     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 or bum a program; preferred usage in the UK.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

tweak - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  tweak
   vt.
  
     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.
  

tweak - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  111 Moby Thesaurus words for "tweak":
     acute pain, afflict, agonize, ail, bite, bob, boring pain, burn,
     chafe, charley horse, clamp, clamping, clamping down, compress,
     compression, convulse, cramp, cramps, crick, crucify, crush, cut,
     darting pain, distress, ensphere, excruciate, fester, flick, flip,
     flirt, flounce, fret, fulgurant pain, gall, girdle pain, give pain,
     gnaw, gnawing, grate, grind, grip, gripe, griping, harrow, hitch,
     hurt, inflame, inflict pain, irritate, jerk, jig, jigger, jigget,
     jiggle, jog, joggle, jumping pain, kill by inches, kink, lacerate,
     lancinating pain, martyr, martyrize, nip, pain, pang, paroxysm,
     pierce, pinch, pluck, press, pressure, prick, prolong the agony,
     put to torture, rack, rankle, rasp, rub, seizure, sharp pain,
     shoot, shooting, shooting pain, snake, snatch, spasm, squeeze,
     squeezing, stab, stabbing pain, start, sting, stitch, sudden pull,
     thrill, throes, tighten, tightening, tormen, torment, torture,
     twinge, twist, twitch, wad up, wound, wrench, wring, yank, yerk