Word of the Day: Tweak
To tweak something is to make a small adjustment or a small change in order to fix it or improve it.
Here are some examples of how the word “tweak” might be used in a sentence:
- I needed to tweak a few things on my website in order to make it run more smoothly.
- My friend, Svetlana, made a tweak to her phone in order to reduce the battery usage. (The word “tweak” is used as a noun in this sentence.)
- Jeremy tried tweaking his golf swing, but it didn’t help.
- Let’s get the business up and running and then tweak it as we go along.
- Users of the computer software were so unhappy with the constant tweaking to it that many just abandoned it altogether.
- The traffic light wasn’t working properly, but all it needed was a small tweak to bring it back to working order.
The word “tweak” is similar to the word “tinker.”
Essential English Dictionary
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