tweak

IPA(Pronunciation)

/twiːk/

Noun

obsolete slang

Japanese Meaning

激しいつねりや急な引っ張り、ねじれやビクッとした動き / 軽い調整、微調整、修正 / 苦境、困難、苦悩 / (古語・スラング) 売春婦

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When he reached for the shelf, he felt a sudden tweak in his shoulder that made him wince.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

棚に手を伸ばしたとき、肩に急につねられるような痛みを感じ、彼は顔をしかめた。

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Sense（1）

A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.

a tweak of the nose

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Sense（2）

A slight adjustment or modification.

He is running so many tweaks it is hard to remember how it looked originally.

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Sense（3）

Trouble; distress; tweag.

Sense（4）

(obsolete, slang) A prostitute.

Thence to Bautree, as I came there,

From the bushes near the lane, there

Rush'd a tweak in gesture flanting

With a leering eye, and wanton:

But my flesh I did subdue it

Fearing lest my purse should rue it.

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Sense（5）

tweaks

（ plural ）

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