Tweak
tweak (verb) - make a small change, usually to improve
needs tweaking
still needs a bit of tweaking
tweak to get maximum performance
get X without tweaking
tweak her curls
tweak my hair
tweak the handlebar mustache
gave him a nasty tweak
schoolboys know how to tweak gadgets
tweak his tie straight
tweak a market image
will do the necessary tweaking needed to adjust
tweaking and adjusting their controls for maximum performance
needs a little tweaking to function at its best
the government tweaking up the regulations
tweaking the software
tweaking the database
tweaking the system
tweaking this and tweaking that
without the extra tweaking
tweaking the social system
I suspect there'll be a fair bit of tweaking
only tweaking when something far more fundamental is needed
a couple of noisy tweaks on the throttle
tweak the parameters to optimize
no tweaks required
give it a few tweaks
could be tweaked still further
tweaked it up a bit
tweak for desired effect
nothing a quick tweak can't fix
tweak the gear
tweak it a little to get the fine tuning
tweak the concept to convince
a simple tweak gives you enough of a change
tweak it into the right shape
tweak it into the right shape very easily
tweak it so it won't run without an upgrade
tweak and customize to suit your needs
let the wind tweak and fiddle with my clothes to no purpose
a quick tweak on X
Example sentences:
* "A spokeswoman describes the redesign as a tweak."
* We are pleased with our new product although there may be ways to tweak it a bit further.
* "The only tweak I would recommend to the putative purchaser would be to reduce the Smartdrive cache to one megabyte and institute a 2MB RAMdrive with a TEMP directory on it."
* "She bounced to the mirror to powder and tweak for a moment, catching Conroy's eye and giving him a wink."
* "Schoolboys know how to tweak gadgets."
* "Put on those flying goggles, tweak that handlebar moustache and blow the enemy to h*ll!"
* "Probably nothing a quick tweak on the truss rod and bridge adjusters wouldn't sort out, but seeing as that would have involved taking the neck off, I didn't pursue it…"
* "It also made a lot of sense that part of the service Metaltronix offered was that I would go into the studio and tweak the gear while these guys were recording, and that's what happened."
* "A simple tweak on, say, the treble slider gives you enough of a change, but without biting your head off, as some acoustic graphics are prone to doing."
* "I wished I could turn to stone, or put down roots like the spotted laurel and forever let the adjusting wind tweak and fiddle with my clothes to no purpose."
* "In the UK both PC World and Business Superstore found they had to tweak the concept to convince more reticent Britons that the trend is here to stay."
* "All an eavesdropper has to do is key in the broad frequency and then tweak it a little to get the fine tuning."
* "Each object has handles attached to corner points, curves, and so on, so that you can tweak the lines into the right shape very easily; whereas with a paint program you'd undo the line and try again."
* "Did Microsoft tweak Windows so Novell's DR DOS wouldn't run with it without an upgrade?'
* "Of course, the letters (which have been created for the British Institute of Management) have been generalized, but you can tweak and customize them to suit your needs."
* "When Cecil Beaton went to photograph the Royal Family in 1960, he found the eleven-year-old Prince Charles overawed by the atmosphere, as if awaiting a clout from behind, or for his father to tweak his ear or pull the tuft of hair at the crown of his head."
* "The high-backed boot has certainly helped everyone ski the powder better because it provides that little tweak of leverage that helps pull the tips of your skis up."
* "Johnny Dee gave Barry a nasty tweak."
* "On boats the rig is held in position with wire shrouds and top yachtsmen spend many hours tweaking and adjusting their controls for maximum performance."
* "Not for him the slightly raucous ribaldry with which most of the chaps used to greet us, no slaps on the rear or tweaking of curls, or addressing us as darling or my love."
* Computers will do the necessary tweaking needed to adjust the machine and to control quality.
* "But so long as winning elections is seen as a mere matter of tweaking a market image, or of changing a brand title or logo, the whole enterprise is doomed to failure."
* "David stared into the mirror, tweaking his tie straight."
* "Although it was a fairly reliable, the radar sometimes needed tweaking to get maximum signal returns."
* "Programs that try to access facilities not available in the box such as graphics adaptors will need tweaking."
* "Reportedly they're getting 107,000-Xstone performance on monochromes right out of the box with no tweaking and 92,000 Xstones on colour."
* "Lots of new developments on the hair-care front this month, so after lots of intensive washing, spraying, spritzing, tweaking, curling and crimping to try them out, here's our pick of the best."
* "Data is easily transferred but, sometimes, the underlying data base structure needs a little tweaking in order to function at its best."
* "That doesn't satisfy the sceptics, among whom one said: I suspect there'll be a fair bit of tweaking when something far more fundamental is needed."
* "Owen was, he was aware, a hired man and not a member of the charmed social circle and if he wanted to get things done he had to do it indirectly by tweaking the inner social system."
* "All we have is the government time from time to time tweaking up the regulations as its er as its er it it it its doing here."
* "Adrian says they've spent a lot of time in the water… tweaking this and tweaking that and making sure that it has come through production with flying colours…"
* "The big boys of power boating were here in the two litre class… using the same engines as the Formula One racers but without the extra tweaking."
* "After a couple of noisy tweaks on the throttle he allowed the engine to idle."
* "When a tape is put in the VCR, it automatically switches to record a test signal for a few seconds, then rewinds, replays and tweaks the recording parameters to optimize picture quality."
* TIPS & TWEAKS (Name of a magazine column)
* "Although the P25 was by then quite good, Rudd realised that the front suspension could be tweaked still further."
* "In the song 'If I Was Your Girlfriend' he created another identity for himself 'Camille' by subjecting his vocal to studio wizardry that tweaked it up to an androgynous 55 rpm."
* "Perhaps someone could lure some, sportsmen, in tweeds into its tenebrous depths, where we could leap down on them from a great height to tweak their noses and fill their plus fours with cornflakes."
* "In Italy and Belgium, you can either chose the list of candidates your party has preselected for you, or tick your favourite and tweak his or her name up the preselected list."
* "The technology is old-style Philips 16 bit, the system that preceded the current and mor fashionable Bitstream process, but which has been found to be easier to tweak for a desired effect."
