Synonyms of the word

tweak

• n. A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
• n. A slight adjustment or modification.
• n. Trouble; distress; tweag.
• n. (obsolete, slang) A prostitute.
• n. (cryptography) An additional input to a block cipher, used in conjunction with the key to select the permutation…
• v. (transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
• v. (transitive, informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
• v. (transitive) To twit or tease.
• v. (intransitive, US, slang) To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
• v. (intransitive, US, slang) To exhibit symptoms of methamphetamine abuse, such as extreme nervousness, compulsiveness,…
• v. (intransitive, US, slang) To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by law enforcement…

draw

• v. (heading) To move or develop something.
• v. (heading) To exert or experience force.
• v. (heading, fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
• v. (heading) To change in size or shape.
• v. (heading) To attract or be attracted.
• v. (Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
• v. To disembowel.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
• v. A random selection process.
• v. (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
• v. (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect…
• v. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
• v. (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes…
• n. The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
• n. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
• n. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
• n. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings…
• n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice,…
• n. (curling) A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
• n. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
• n. (colloquial) Cannabis.
• n. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
• n. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary…
• n. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
• n. (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

fine-tune

• v. To make small adjustments to something until optimization is achieved.

force

• n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or…
• n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
• n. (countable) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
• n. (countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body…
• n. Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
• n. (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving…
• n. (law) Legal validity.
• n. (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
• n. (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, …) to…
• n. (science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star…
• v. (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
• v. (transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.
• v. (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
• v. (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
• v. (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
• v. (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
• v. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to…
• v. (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return…
• v. (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
• v. (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
• v. (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
• v. (obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
• n. (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
• v. To stuff; to lard; to farce.

nip

• n. A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
• n. (vulgar) A nipple, usually of a woman.
• v. To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or…
• v. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
• v. To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
• v. To annoy, as by nipping.
• v. To taunt.
• v. (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
• n. A playful bite.
• n. A pinch with the nails or teeth.
• n. Briskly cold weather.
• n. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching.
• n. A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
• n. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
• n. A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
• n. (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
• n. (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another.
• n. (historical slang) A pickpocket.
• v. To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.

pinch

• v. To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
• v. To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
• v. To squeeze between two objects.
• v. To steal, usually of something almost trivial or inconsequential.
• v. (slang) To arrest or capture.
• v. (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
• v. (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
• v. (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
• v. (obsolete) To be niggardly or covetous.
• v. To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.
• v. (figuratively) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
• v. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
• v. (obsolete) To complain or find fault.
• n. The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
• n. A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
• n. An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
• n. An organic herbal smoke additive.

pluck

• v. (transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out.
• v. (transitive, music) To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
• v. (transitive) To remove feathers from a bird.
• v. (transitive) To rob, fleece, steal forcibly.
• v. (transitive) To play a string instrument pizzicato.
• v. (intransitive) To pull or twitch sharply.
• v. (Britain, universities) To reject at an examination for degrees.
• n. An instance of plucking.
• n. The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
• n. Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.

pull

• interj. (sports) Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched.
• n. An act of pulling (applying force).
• n. An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.
• n. Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.
• n. (slang, dated) Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing.
• n. Appeal or attraction (as of a movie star).
• n. (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in…
• n. A journey made by rowing.
• n. (dated) A contest; a struggle.
• n. (obsolete, poetic) Loss or violence suffered.
• n. (slang) The act of drinking.
• n. (cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.
• n. (golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing…
• v. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.
• v. To attract or net; to pull in.
• v. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, Britain, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
• v. (transitive) To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
• v. (transitive, informal) To do or perform.
• v. (transitive) To retrieve or generate for use.
• v. To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
• v. (intransitive) To row.
• v. (transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
• v. (video games, transitive, intransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward…
• v. To score a certain amount of points in a sport.
• v. (horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
• v. (printing, dated) To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked…
• v. (cricket, golf) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.).
• v. (Britain) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
• v. (rail transportation, US, of a railroad car) To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.

squeeze

• v. (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit into a tight place.
• v. (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
• v. (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
• n. A close or tight fit.
• n. (figuratively) A difficult position.
• n. A hug or other affectionate grasp.
• n. (slang) A romantic partner.
• n. (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the…
• n. (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
• n. (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
• n. (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
• n. (epigraphy) An impression of an inscription formed by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling…
• n. (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
• n. (dated) A bribe or fee paid to a middleman, especially in China; the practice of requiring such a bribe…

squeezing

• v. present participle of squeeze.
• n. The act of pressing; compression.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) That which is forced out by pressure; dregs.

tune

• n. A melody.
• n. A song, or short musical composition.
• n. (informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.
• n. The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
• n. (Britain, slang) A very good song.
• n. (obsolete) A sound; a note; a tone.
• n. (obsolete) Order; harmony; concord.
• v. To modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches.
• v. To adjust a mechanical, electric or electronic device (such as a radio or a car engine) so that it functions…
• v. To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
• v. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
• v. To sing with melody or harmony.
• v. (South Africa, slang, transitive) To cheek; to be impudent towards.

tweet

• n. The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
• n. (Internet) An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
• v. (intransitive) To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, Internet) To post an update to Twitter.
• interj. An onomatopoeic of bird singing.

twinge

• n. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
• n. A sudden sharp pain.
• v. (transitive) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
• v. (transitive) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
• v. (intransitive) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting…

twitch

• n. A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
• n. (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
• n. (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over…
• n. (physiology, countable) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal…
• v. (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
• v. (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
• v. (transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
• n. couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed).