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tweaks

tweaks is the plural of tweak.

tweaks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tweak.

Meaning of tweak

Noun

tweak (plural tweaks)

  1. A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
    • a tweak of the nose
  2. A slight adjustment or modification.
    • He is running so many tweaks it is hard to remember how it looked originally.
  3. Trouble; distress; tweag.
  4. (obsolete, slang) A prostitute.
    • Thence to Bautree, as I came there,
      From the bushes near the lane, there
      Rush'd a tweak in gesture flanting
      With a leering eye, and wanton:
      But my flesh I did subdue it
      Fearing lest my purse should rue it.1638, Richard Brathwait, edited by Thomas Gent, Barnabae Itinerarium; or Drunken Barnaby's four journeys to the north of England: In Latin and English metre, published 1852, page 113
  5. (slang) Methamphetamine.
  6. (slang) A single inhalation of cocaine.

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Phrases with tweaks

Questions about tweaks

What is tweaks the plural of?
Tweaks is the plural of tweak.

Words near tweaks in the dictionary

  1. tweaking on
  2. tweaking out
  3. tweakings
  4. tweakment
  5. tweakments
  6. tweaks
  7. tweaks on
  8. tweaks out
  9. tweaky
  10. Tweants
  11. Tweddill

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