"tweek" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tweeks [plural]
Etymology: Imitative. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tweek (plural tweeks)
  1. A form of atmospherics (radio interference) produced when the high-frequency components reach the receiver before the low-frequency components.
    Sense id: en-tweek-en-noun-CiTtXWfk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} tweek
  1. Misspelling of tweak. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: tweak
    Sense id: en-tweek-en-verb-U-bE7UfS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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