tweak C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes US /twiːk/ UK /twiːk/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to adjust or fine-tune something slightly She tweaked the recipe by adding a pinch more salt. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to adjust or fine-tune... adjustfine-tunemodifytunerefinealtercalibrate Word family Derived forms tweakertweaking Related forms twitch Etymology AI details Probably from Old English twiccian ('to pluck, gather'), related to twitch; the sense 'to make small adjustments' is a 20th-century development. twiccian Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tweak **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /twiːk/ **IPA (UK):** /twiːk/ ## Meanings 1. to adjust or fine-tune something slightly ## Examples - She tweaked the recipe by adding a pinch more salt. ## Synonyms - adjust - fine-tune - modify - tune - refine - alter - calibrate ## Derived Forms - tweaker - tweaking ## Related Forms - twitch ## Roots and Affixes - Root: twiccian ## Etymology Probably from Old English twiccian ('to pluck, gather'), related to twitch; the sense 'to make small adjustments' is a 20th-century development. ## AI Etymology Tweak has this etymological development: Probably from Old English twiccian ('to pluck, gather'), related to twitch; the sense 'to make small adjustments' is a 20th-century development. Important recorded forms include twiccian (Old English). The wording preserves that uncertainty: the older history is best read as a cautious account rather than a fully settled chain. The semantic development is already visible in the history: an older concrete or specialized use was extended into the modern meaning rather than replaced by a separate origin. In current use it covers to adjust or fine-tune something slightly. The wider family includes derived forms such as tweaker and tweaking and related words such as twitch. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown