,| 1. | to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist: to tweak someone's ear; to tweak someone's nose. |
| 2. | to pull or pinch the nose of, esp. gently: He tweaked the baby on greeting. |
| 3. | to make a minor adjustment to: to tweak a computer program. |
| 4. | an act or instance of tweaking; a sharp, twisting pull or jerk. |
tweak
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tweak
1. To change slightly, usually in reference to a value. Also used synonymously with twiddle. If a program is almost correct, rather than figure out the precise problem you might just keep tweaking it until it works. See frobnicate and fudge factor; also see shotgun debugging.
2. To tune or bum a program; preferred usage in the UK.
[The Jargon File]