Defn: To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweakthe nose.
A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose.
Each one of all these seemed to come now and tweak at him, as the songs of blackbirds tweak the heart of one who lies, unable to get out into the Spring.
A; a2b2] tweak the ears or pull the hair on the side of head upwards with the thumb and forefinger.
Ginggíngun ku nang ímung dunggan ug pabuyag ka, I will tweak your ears if you are naughty.
Akuy mubingbing ninyu ug magsábà mu, I’ll tweak your ears if you make noise.
Kulipátun ku nang ímung bulug ug ímung samúkun ang nagtuun, I will tweak you in the groin if you bother these children that are studying.
A; a12b2] tweak a part of the body with the thumb and forefinger, usually the ears.
It gave him a sharp inner tweakto look at them all and remember that nightmare of seething, yelling rebels at Anarkalli.
It struck me as flawless--till I imparted it to Vinx and saw him tweak his left eyebrow.
And, as he kissed her, he felt her soft little fingers tweak his ears.
He tried to jerk his ear free, but at that Mr. Gibson gave it such a tweak that Tode could hardly keep from crying out with the pain.
He give me an awful tweak when you wasn't a lookin'.
By-an'-by" Brown conceived that the appearance of Long Bill Tweak would instantly work a miracle upon the maid.
The maid fled in a fright to the inner room, and closed the door upon herself; but Long Bill Tweak swaggered in.
Long Bill Tweak contented himself with the hospitality of "By-an'-by" Brown.
Who could call Bill Tweak from seven years of time and the very waste places of space?
But chance intervened: on Tuesday morning Long Bill Tweak made Blunder Cove on the way from Lancy Loop to St. John's to join the sealing fleet in the spring of the year.
But how to produce Long Bill Tweak from the mist into which he had vanished at Back Yard Bight of the Labrador seven years ago?
Long Bill Tweak followed the night into the shades of forgotten time.
I guess they were, old man," returned Roger, leaning forward to tweak his ear affectionately.
Our little Ethel Blue is becoming quite a chatterbox," commented Roger, giving her hair a tweak as she sat on the steps beside him.
Obediently, the mighty Dwarf arose and sighfully suffered the old woman to grasp him by the ear and to tweak and wring and twist it as she would.
Then follows a general scattering; for some child is sure to laugh, and if he does not do so of his own accord, his neighbors will certainly tweak him, poke him, or otherwise excite his risibility.
A plump brown hand darted forth and seized Bernie by the ear, giving it a tweak like the bite of a parrot.
I thank you with all my heart," cried Tino, gratefully kissing the hand that could tweak sharply, as well as caress when things suited its owner.
And it is said that there were persons who did care to tweak the nobleman's nose!
He followed old lady Ostrich about for some time before he dared tweak a handful of feathers from her tail.
And with a vicious tweakthe Swallow pulled out the long forked feathers of which the Crow was especially proud.
They did this repeatedly; once one of the males dashed in and separated them, by giving one of the females a sharp tweak and blow.
One of the females then rushed, apparently with notes of joy and congratulation, to one of the males, who gave her a spiteful tweak and blow.
And here Dad bends to tweak the ear of Will who would laugh noisily if it hurt twice as badly.
But Jack's leg was not quite strong yet, and he felt that his round nose was in danger of a vengeful tweak as his breath began to give out and Frank's long arms drew nearer and nearer to the threatened feature.
