See tweak in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "If we tweak the colors towards blue, it will look more natural.",
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"ref": "2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:",
"text": "Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.[…]But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts as a territory, what counts as output and how to value it. Indeed, economists are still tweaking it.",
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"ref": "2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, in The Economist:",
"text": "Yet on January 10th, only weeks before the charter was due to come into force, the prime minister said his government was tweaking the draft.",
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"ref": "1995, Alida Brill, Feminist Press, A Rising Public Voice: Women in Politics Worldwide, Feminist Press at CUNY, page 177",
"text": "Oh, he loved to tweak people and say things like \"Hiya sweetums\" to me because that was not exactly de rigueur in front of a bunch of strong feminists. He had this enormous sense of humor. I never knew what he was going to say."
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"ref": "2003, Ann McCutchan, The Muse that Sings: Composers Speak about the Creative Process, Oxford University Press on Demand, →ISBN, page 92:",
"text": "I know what kinds of intervals and melodies tweak people—I know how to make people's skin crawl, how to make them shiver. I can't say it works on all listeners. There are some people, such as overly trained composers and theorists ...",
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"ref": "2006, Clarence Rockey, Carlisle Trace President of the People, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 171:",
"text": "“Russia needs leadership and he knows how to tweak people.” He grinned, “He made a convert of me,” chuckling. “I wanted to lead him by the hand, now I follow him like a puppy dog.”",
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"ref": "2011, Sara J. Henry, Learning to Swim: A Novel, Crown, →ISBN, page 183:",
"text": "But I know he likes to tweak people. For a while he was giving Colette, the receptionist, a hard time, until she learned to ignore him. But that ability that lets him see how to tweak people makes him a superb salesman.",
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"text": "Am I tweaking or does 2020 feel like 6 months ago?",
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"ref": "2021 February 7, @iiKlemm, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-01-10:",
"text": "If you didn't think that was a good halftime show you're actually tweaking",
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"ref": "2021 June 16, @j0syell, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-01-10:",
"text": "Some of yall gonna think im tweaking but FRONTIER>>>>>>HUENEME",
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"ref": "2023 October 11, @Jus4president, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-01-10:",
"text": "Am I tweaking or did twitter just go offline for 2.5 seconds🤔😅",
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"ref": "2024 January 2, @postneptune, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-01-10:",
"text": "are these the same color or am i just tweaking",
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"ref": "2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, in The Economist:",
"text": "Yet on January 10th, only weeks before the charter was due to come into force, the prime minister said his government was tweaking the draft.",
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"ref": "1995, Alida Brill, Feminist Press, A Rising Public Voice: Women in Politics Worldwide, Feminist Press at CUNY, page 177",
"text": "Oh, he loved to tweak people and say things like \"Hiya sweetums\" to me because that was not exactly de rigueur in front of a bunch of strong feminists. He had this enormous sense of humor. I never knew what he was going to say."
},
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"ref": "2003, Ann McCutchan, The Muse that Sings: Composers Speak about the Creative Process, Oxford University Press on Demand, →ISBN, page 92:",
"text": "I know what kinds of intervals and melodies tweak people—I know how to make people's skin crawl, how to make them shiver. I can't say it works on all listeners. There are some people, such as overly trained composers and theorists ...",
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"ref": "2006, Clarence Rockey, Carlisle Trace President of the People, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 171:",
"text": "“Russia needs leadership and he knows how to tweak people.” He grinned, “He made a convert of me,” chuckling. “I wanted to lead him by the hand, now I follow him like a puppy dog.”",
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"ref": "2011, Sara J. Henry, Learning to Swim: A Novel, Crown, →ISBN, page 183:",
"text": "But I know he likes to tweak people. For a while he was giving Colette, the receptionist, a hard time, until she learned to ignore him. But that ability that lets him see how to tweak people makes him a superb salesman.",
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"text": "Am I tweaking or does 2020 feel like 6 months ago?",
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"ref": "2021 February 7, @iiKlemm, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-01-10:",
"text": "If you didn't think that was a good halftime show you're actually tweaking",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2021 June 16, @j0syell, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-01-10:",
"text": "Some of yall gonna think im tweaking but FRONTIER>>>>>>HUENEME",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2023 October 11, @Jus4president, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-01-10:",
"text": "Am I tweaking or did twitter just go offline for 2.5 seconds🤔😅",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2024 January 2, @postneptune, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-01-10:",
"text": "are these the same color or am i just tweaking",
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}
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"roman": "štipvam",
"sense": "to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch",
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"sense": "to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch",
"word": "pessigar"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch",
"word": "retorçar"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch",
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch",
"word": "draaien"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch",
"word": "tordre"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch",
"word": "zwicken"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch",
"word": "kneifen"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch",
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"sense": "to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch",
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"word": "調整"
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"roman": "tiáozhěng",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to slightly adjust or modify",
"word": "改進"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gǎijìn",
"sense": "to slightly adjust or modify",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to slightly adjust or modify",
"word": "virittää"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to slightly adjust or modify",
"word": "retoucher"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to slightly adjust or modify",
"word": "ajuster"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to slightly adjust or modify",
"word": "personnaliser"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to slightly adjust or modify",
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"word": "retuschieren"
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"code": "it",
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"text": "Thence to Bautree, as I came there,\n From the bushes near the lane, there\n Rush'd a tweak in gesture flanting\n With a leering eye, and wanton:\n But my flesh I did subdue it\n Fearing lest my purse should rue it.",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "štipvane",
"sense": "a sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose",
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"word": "щипване"
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose",
"word": "vääntö"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose",
"word": "nipistys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coup sec"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose",
"word": "pizzicotto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose",
"word": "tirata di naso"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "buffetto"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščipók",
"sense": "a sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "щипо́к"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose",
"word": "çimdik"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose",
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"lang": "Turkish",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trouble; distress; tweag",
"word": "hätä"
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"code": "it",
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"word": "調整"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiáozhěng",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"word": "改進"
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"roman": "gǎijìn",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"word": "微調"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wéitiáo",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
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"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"word": "bijstelling"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"word": "viritys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retouche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ajustement"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Retusche"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"word": "ritocco"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "miglioria"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "modifica"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "retoque"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nastrójka",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "настро́йка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otládka",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "отла́дка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "korrektiróvka",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "корректиро́вка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poprávka",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "попра́вка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"word": "retoque"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "justering"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "finjustering"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a slight adjustment or modification",
"word": "düzeltme"
}
],
"word": "tweak"
}
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