Jellyfish collects information about what's happening behind the scenes and rushes it to its corporate clients so they can make investments based on things like forthcoming regulations or tax code tweaks. Tim Murphy
They'd try making helpful tweaks to the way my chair faced the computer … Lucette Lagnado
2
: a sharp pinch or jerk
a tweak of the nose
Archie laughed, and Rose, seeing a merry blue eye winking at her from behind two brown hands, gave Charlie's ear a friendly tweak … Louisa May Alcott
3
: a slight injury causing pain
… it's worth remembering that Pryor is a more dangerous runner than passer, so even a slight tweak of the leg or ankle could be a significant blow to the offense at State College. Bob Hunter
Example Sentences
Verb We just wanted to tweak his original idea a bit. He tweaked his ankle playing soccer. My brother hates it when our grandmother tweaks his cheek.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Compared to Android, Apple has historically shied away from letting users tweak the look and feel of their device. Yoni Heisler, BGR, 29 July 2022 On social media, a biohacker uses all the bells and whistles that look cool and may go viral, but at the end of the day biohacking is just learning how to tweak and optimize your body. Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 1 May 2022 Back at the Post Office, Aram finds out that Antonio's roommate, a computer science major, was able to tweak Aram's code and turn it into a weapon — which means others could easily do the same. Laura Sirikul, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2022 Hendricks tried to use warmup pitches before each inning to tweak something and get on track. Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2022 The airline will probably tweak it rather than eliminate it, Mr. Scotland says. Dawn Gilbertson, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022 But days before the session, Stevens reached back out to the songwriters to tweak it. Tom Roland, Billboard, 2 Aug. 2022 New York State Democrats come back and tweak this bail law. Fox News Staff, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2022 For example, poultry processors might develop a spicier sandwich or tweak the appearance so customers can see the flakes of pepper in the breading to stand out, some industry officials say. Heather Haddon And Patrick Thomas, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
probably alteration of Middle English twikken to pull sharply, from Old English twiccian to pluck — more at twitch entry 1