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tweak / twēk/ • v. [tr.] 1. twist or pull (something) sharply: he tweaked the boy's ear.2. inf. improve (a mechanism or system) by making fine adjustments to it: engineers tweak the car's operating systems during the race.• n. 1. a sharp twist or pull.2. inf. a fine adjustment to a mechanism or system.

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