"tweaking" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tweakings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tweaking (plural tweakings)
  1. A tweak; a minor modification.
    Sense id: en-tweaking-en-noun-va~zNpDr

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tweaking
  1. present participle and gerund of tweak Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: tweak
    Sense id: en-tweaking-en-verb-NWGxWGGG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89

Inflected forms

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