tweag

Noun

tweague

1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Doubt, perplexity; a troubled or distressed condition.
   • This puts the young Gentlewoman into ſuch a Tweague, that ſhe can do nothing all Day, nor ſleep at Night, for dreaming of the conjuring Man: And in the Morning, leaves for Devotion, to conſult Taurus and Gemini: and finds her Sweet-heart ſo accurately deſcribed, as if he had conſulted with the...1710, Ned Ward, The Whole Pleasures of Matrimony, London: Tho. Norris, page 18

Verb

tweak (third-person singular simple present tweaks, present participle tweaking, simple past and past participle tweaked)

1. (transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
   • to tweak the nose.
2. (informal, transitive) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
   • If we tweak the colors towards blue, it will look more natural.
3. (transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
   • 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.1995, Alida Brill, Feminist Press, A Rising Public Voice: Women in Politics Worldwide, Feminist Press at CUNY, page 177
4. (US, intransitive, slang) To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
5. (US, intransitive, slang) To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by authorities, compulsiveness, erratic motion, excitability, etc, due to or mimicking the symptoms of methamphetamine abuse.
6. (broadly, intransitive, slang) To be extremely confused; to have no clue what is happening.
   • Am I tweaking or does 2020 feel like 6 months ago?

   Synonyms:

   trip

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