tweak
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tweak englanniksi
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{{quote-journal|en|date=2013-08-03|volume=408|issue=8847|magazine=The Economist
(quote-journal)
To tease, to annoy; to get under someone's skin|get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
1995, Alida Brill, Feminist Press, ''A Rising Public Voice: Women in Politics Worldwide'', Feminist Press at CUNY ((ISBN)), page 177:
- Oh, he loved to tweak people and say things like "Hiya sweetums" to me because that was not exactly de rigueur in front of a bunch of strong feminists. He had this enormous sense of humor. I never knew what he was going to say.
{{quote-book|en|year=2003|author=Ann McCutchan|title=The Muse that Sings: Composers Speak about the Creative Process|publisher=Oxford University Press on Demand|isbn=9780195168129|page=92
{{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Clarence Rockey|title=Carlisle Trace President of the People|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781427604927|page=171
{{quote-book|en|year=2011|author=Sara J. Henry|title=Learning to Swim: A Novel|publisher=Crown|isbn=9780307718402|page=183
To abuse methamphetamines, especially meth.
To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by authorities, compulsiveness, erratic motion, excitability, etc, due to or mimicking the symptoms of methamphetamine abuse.
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(quote-web)
A slight adjustment or modification.
A prostitute.
(quote-book)
An additional input to a cipher, used in conjunction with the key to select the permutation computed by the cipher.