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tweaker

noun

Etymology

From tweak + -er; the drug addict sense derives from the slang term tweak for methamphetamines, in reference to the punding behavior of addicts.

  1. inherited from *twekkōn✻ — “to fasten; clamp; pinch”
  2. inherited from twiccian — “to pluck”
  3. inherited from twikken
  4. formed as tweaker — “tweak + -er”

Definitions

  1. A person who tweaks something.

    • That attack may damage the homosexual, but even as he is hurt, he also feels superior, because he is not a bull—a blind, stupid animal. Rather, he is an aesthete—a tweaker, not a charger.

  2. A tool, especially a screwdriver, for making small adjustments.

  3. A person addicted to methamphetamine.

    • I`ve seen it a lot with stimulant addicts. It`s exactly like tweakers and coke heads. When it gets into the, you know, the advanced stages of addiction of certain stimulants, it sounds exactly like it.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A spin bowler.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tweaker. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA