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tweakingverbpresent participle of tweak to grasp and move with a small forceful motionHey, you tweaked my nose! bucking, hitching, hoicking, jerking, jolting, twitching, yankingnipping, pinchingcrimpingclasping, clutching, grasping, gripping, holding, takingsqueezingjigging, jiggling, jogging, joggling, shakingdragging, lugging, pulling, tuggingtwistinggrabbing, ripping, snapping (up), snatching, tearing, wrenching, wresting, wringingpluckingbumping, jouncing, pitching dropping, freeing, loosening, loosing, releasing, springing to make small adjustments toYou can tweak the settings to customize the display. He spent considerable time tweaking the recipe. fiddling (with), fine-tuning, phasing, registering, regulating, riggingacclimating, acclimatizing, accommodating, adapting, adjusting, conditioning, conforming, doctoring, editing, fashioning, fitting, putting, shaping, suiting, tailoringreadapting, readjustingcustomizing, gearing, matching, modeling(or modelling), patterningattuning, correcting, harmonizing, squaring, tuningestablishing, rooting, settlingacquainting, familiarizing, orientating, orientingequipping, preparing, priming, rehearsinghardening, inuring, seasoning, tougheningaltering, converting, making over, modifying, recasting, reclaiming, recycling, redesigning, redeveloping, redoing, reengineering, refashioning, refiguring, refitting, refocusing, reinventing, rejiggering, remaking, remodeling, revamping, revising, reworking, transformingaccustoming, conditioning, habilitating, habituating, naturalizingreadying, seasoningbending misadjusting to make (someone or something) the object of criticism, amusement, or laughterThey're always tweaking me about my northern accent. deriding, gibing(or jibing), jeering, laughing (at), mocking, poking fun at, ridiculing, scouting, shooting down, skeweringscoffing (at), scorning, sneering (at)bad-mouthing, belittling, decrying, disparaging, pooh-poohing(also poohing), putting downchaffing, jiving, joshing, kidding, quizzing, rallying, razzing, ribbing, riding, teasing, twittingbaiting, barracking(chiefly British), bugging, catcalling, harassing, harrying, hassling, heckling, needling, pestering, ragging, targeting, taunting, tormentingaping, burlesquing, caricaturing, imitating, lampooning, mimicking, parodying, parroting, pillorying, satirizing, taking off (on), travestyingmaking fun of, making sport of, ragging on applauding, approving, commending, endorsing(also indorsing), sanctioning |