tweaky
World English Dictionary
tweak (twiːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to twist, jerk, or pinch with a sharp or sudden movement: to tweak someone's nose |
| 2. | slang motor racing to tune (a car or engine) for peak performance |
| 3. | informal to make a minor alteration |
| —n | |
| 4. | an instance of tweaking |
| 5. | informal a minor alteration |
| [Old English twiccian; related to Old High German zwecchōn; see | |
| 'tweaky | |
| —adj | |
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Tweaky
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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