Past tense of tweak
regular verb
The past tense of tweak is tweaked. The past participle is also tweaked.
Forms of tweak
| Base form (V1) | tweak /twiːk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | tweaked |
| Past participle (V3) | tweaked |
| Present participle | tweaking |
| Third person singular | tweaks |
Tweaked in a sentence
- Deliberate mathwashing occurs when the algorithm is tweaked in order to course correct or skew the bias.2018 January 29, Sophie Kleber, “As AI Meets the Reputation Economy, We're All Being Silently Judged”, in Harvard Business Review…. From the entry mathwash
- Her worldview may also be favorably tweaked by her having a godbrother with cerebral palsy.2013, J. W. Wiley, The Nigger in You: Challenging Dysfunctional Language, Engaging Leadership Moments, Stylus, published 2013, →ISBN, page…. From the entry godbrother
- At least the entry set of Stately Wayne Manor was tweaked slightly to make it more moviesque.2009 February 14, anim8rfsk [username], “Re: The Batman TV show influence on the movies”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet). From the entry moviesque
- In particular, the timings of Matlock trains will be tweaked with a view to achieving clockface timings a year later.2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 58. From the entry clockface
- The screens on both were tweaked to better handle varying visibility conditions using Panasonic’s circular polarization technology and antireflective and antiglare screen treatments.2009 February 5, Azadeh Ensha, “Laptops, Already Tough, Now Pack More Inside”, in New York Times. From the entry antireflective
Meaning of tweak
- verb To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
- verb To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
- verb To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
Questions about the past tense of tweak
- What is the past tense of tweak?
- The past tense of tweak is tweaked.
- What is the past participle of tweak?
- The past participle of tweak is tweaked.
- Is tweak a regular or irregular verb?
- Tweak is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tweak (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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