tweakern.

Brit.

/ˈtwiːkə/, U.S.

/ˈtwikər/

Forms: see tweak v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tweak v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < tweak v. + -er suffix¹.In nose tweaker (see sense 1) after to tweak the nose of at tweak v. Phrases.

1. A person who twists, pinches, or pulls a body part sharply. Frequently in compounds with the first element specifying the body part.

ΚΠ

1792 C. Dibdin Hannah Hewit I. vii. 182 The nose tweaker had advanced, at different times, twenty-seven pounds to one, thirty-three to another, and fifty to the third.

1935 N.Z. Herald 2 Feb. Suppl. 13/2 The noses, however, have survived, while the young tweaker has himself developed into a good solid academic.

2004 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 20 May 30 The nipple tweaker's existence was backed up by photographs of him in action.

†2. British and New Zealand slang. A slingshot. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > toy weapons > [noun]

poop1489

pellet1553

trunk1553

elder-gun1600

popgun1649

spitter1688

pluff1695

whistling arrowa1718

pea-shooter1782

pea gun1812

detonating ball1814

pea-blower1821

pen-gun1821

pipegun1828

torpedo1831

spring gun1837

putty blower1861

tweaker1862

pluffera1866

bean-shooter1890

putty shooter1896

water pistol1897

stink bomb1915

cap-pistol1920

cap-gun1931

laser gun1961

1862 Worcs. Chron. 12 Feb. 2/7 Defendant was further charged by..a little lad, with shooting him with a ‘Tweaker’, an elastic sling.

1876 Star (Christchurch, N.Z.) 17 May The boys there have acquired considerable skill in the use of the weapon known as a ‘shanghai’.., although in other parts it will still be known under the more time-honoured appellation of ‘tweeker’.

1897 Badminton Mag. Apr. 459 A few shot from a ‘tweaker’, commonly called a catapult.

1923 Essex Chron. 17 Aug. 2/7 Pigeons fairly often fell a prey to the hunter's catapult (they called them ‘tweakers’).

3. Cricket. colloquial.

a. A spin bowler.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > bowler > types of bowler

slow bowler1823

fast bowler1828

bias bowler1854

round-arm1858

demon bowler1861

left-hander1864

chucker1882

lobster1889

slow1895

leg-breaker1904

speed merchant1913

leg-spinner1920

spin bowler1920

off-spinner1924

quickie1934

tweaker1935

swerve-bowler1944

pace bowler1947

seam bowler1948

spinner1951

seamer1952

wrist-spinner1957

outswinger1958

swing bowler1958

quick1960

stock bowler1968

paceman1972

leggy1979

1935 Times 18 July 6/1 The score was 13 when Sims, a tweaker with possibilities, came on in place of Bowes.

1948 C. Sly How to bowl them Out ii. 17 The slow bowler should have great patience... There should also be an element of precision in his brain—a slapdash fellow will never make a good ‘tweaker’.

2021 Guardian (Nexis) 9 Feb. (Sport section) England's bowling coach, John Lewis, spoke about the resilience of their left-arm tweaker.

b. A ball bowled with spin.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball

full toss1826

long hop1830

twister1832

bail ball1833

bailer1833

grubber1837

slow ball1838

wide1838

ground ball1839

shooter1843

slower ball1846

twiddler1847

creeper1848

lob1851

sneak1851

sneaker1851

slow1854

bumper1855

teaser1856

daisy-cutter1857

popper1857

yorker1861

sharpshooter1863

headball1866

screwball1866

underhand1866

skimmerc1868

grub1870

ramrod1870

raymonder1870

round-armer1871

grass cutter1876

short pitch1877

leg break1878

lob ball1880

off-break1883

donkey-drop1888

tice1888

fast break1889

leg-breaker1892

kicker1894

spinner1895

wrong 'un1897

googly1903

fizzer1904

dolly1906

short ball1911

wrong 'un1911

bosie1912

bouncer1913

flyer1913

percher1913

finger-spinner1920

inswinger1920

outswinger1920

swinger1920

off-spinner1924

away swinger1925

Chinaman1929

overspinner1930

tweaker1938

riser1944

leg-cutter1949

seamer1952

leggy1954

off-cutter1955

squatter1955

flipper1959

lifter1959

cutter1960

beamer1961

loosener1962

doosra1999

1938 Manch. Guardian 23 June 4/7 Turnbull opened the bowling himself with slow tweakers.

1956 A. R. Alston Test Comm. 12 Johnson's insidious ‘floaters’ were likely to be more penetrative than Ring's ‘tweakers’.

1982 Guardian 26 July 19/3 The fragile left-arm tweakers of Steele.

2005 Northern Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Oct. He is bowling his tweakers and getting the batsmen to come forward.

4. A person who or thing which makes a minor adjustment or improvement.

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1970 Datamation Sept. 31/2 At one extreme are the overly dynamic users—applications tweakers—who would never permit any really solid accomplishment to be attained.

1998 Publishing & Production Executive (Nexis) Mar. 50 Filter modules are the pixel tweakers that allow you to alter selected image areas.

2019 Guardian (Nexis) 30 Apr. Quincy made small but crucial changes, the master tweaker.

5. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). Also in form tweeker. A person who uses or who is addicted to methamphetamine or (occasionally) crack cocaine. Cf. tweak v. 8.

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1988 San Francisco Chron. 19 Sept. a6/1 There are ‘boomers’, ‘tweakers’ and survivors. The boomers sell crack, the tweakers smoke it and the survivors stay out of the way.

1990 J. Wambaugh Golden Orange v. 52 He's this little speed tweaker, like our snitch. Spends his time in low-life meth labs breathin more ether fumes than all the patients at Hoag Hospital put together.

2010 D. Lehane Moonlight Mile ix. 93 She strikes me more as a tweeker than a crackhead.

2014 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 4 Apr. a5/2 We are left with a mess of break-ins from tweakers running around.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	tweaker
释义	tweakern. Brit. /ˈtwiːkə/, U.S. /ˈtwikər/ Forms: see tweak v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tweak v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < tweak v. + -er suffix¹.In nose tweaker (see sense 1) after to tweak the nose of at tweak v. Phrases. 1. A person who twists, pinches, or pulls a body part sharply. Frequently in compounds with the first element specifying the body part. ΚΠ 1792 C. Dibdin Hannah Hewit I. vii. 182 The nose tweaker had advanced, at different times, twenty-seven pounds to one, thirty-three to another, and fifty to the third. 1935 N.Z. Herald 2 Feb. Suppl. 13/2 The noses, however, have survived, while the young tweaker has himself developed into a good solid academic. 2004 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 20 May 30 The nipple tweaker's existence was backed up by photographs of him in action. †2. British and New Zealand slang. A slingshot. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > toy weapons > [noun] poop1489 pellet1553 trunk1553 elder-gun1600 popgun1649 spitter1688 pluff1695 whistling arrowa1718 pea-shooter1782 pea gun1812 detonating ball1814 pea-blower1821 pen-gun1821 pipegun1828 torpedo1831 spring gun1837 putty blower1861 tweaker1862 pluffera1866 bean-shooter1890 putty shooter1896 water pistol1897 stink bomb1915 cap-pistol1920 cap-gun1931 laser gun1961 1862 Worcs. Chron. 12 Feb. 2/7 Defendant was further charged by..a little lad, with shooting him with a ‘Tweaker’, an elastic sling. 1876 Star (Christchurch, N.Z.) 17 May The boys there have acquired considerable skill in the use of the weapon known as a ‘shanghai’.., although in other parts it will still be known under the more time-honoured appellation of ‘tweeker’. 1897 Badminton Mag. Apr. 459 A few shot from a ‘tweaker’, commonly called a catapult. 1923 Essex Chron. 17 Aug. 2/7 Pigeons fairly often fell a prey to the hunter's catapult (they called them ‘tweakers’). 3. Cricket. colloquial. a. A spin bowler. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > bowler > types of bowler slow bowler1823 fast bowler1828 bias bowler1854 round-arm1858 demon bowler1861 left-hander1864 chucker1882 lobster1889 slow1895 leg-breaker1904 speed merchant1913 leg-spinner1920 spin bowler1920 off-spinner1924 quickie1934 tweaker1935 swerve-bowler1944 pace bowler1947 seam bowler1948 spinner1951 seamer1952 wrist-spinner1957 outswinger1958 swing bowler1958 quick1960 stock bowler1968 paceman1972 leggy1979 1935 Times 18 July 6/1 The score was 13 when Sims, a tweaker with possibilities, came on in place of Bowes. 1948 C. Sly How to bowl them Out ii. 17 The slow bowler should have great patience... There should also be an element of precision in his brain—a slapdash fellow will never make a good ‘tweaker’. 2021 Guardian (Nexis) 9 Feb. (Sport section) England's bowling coach, John Lewis, spoke about the resilience of their left-arm tweaker. b. A ball bowled with spin. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 1938 Manch. Guardian 23 June 4/7 Turnbull opened the bowling himself with slow tweakers. 1956 A. R. Alston Test Comm. 12 Johnson's insidious ‘floaters’ were likely to be more penetrative than Ring's ‘tweakers’. 1982 Guardian 26 July 19/3 The fragile left-arm tweakers of Steele. 2005 Northern Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Oct. He is bowling his tweakers and getting the batsmen to come forward. 4. A person who or thing which makes a minor adjustment or improvement. ΚΠ 1970 Datamation Sept. 31/2 At one extreme are the overly dynamic users—applications tweakers—who would never permit any really solid accomplishment to be attained. 1998 Publishing & Production Executive (Nexis) Mar. 50 Filter modules are the pixel tweakers that allow you to alter selected image areas. 2019 Guardian (Nexis) 30 Apr. Quincy made small but crucial changes, the master tweaker. 5. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). Also in form tweeker. A person who uses or who is addicted to methamphetamine or (occasionally) crack cocaine. Cf. tweak v. 8. ΚΠ 1988 San Francisco Chron. 19 Sept. a6/1 There are ‘boomers’, ‘tweakers’ and survivors. The boomers sell crack, the tweakers smoke it and the survivors stay out of the way. 1990 J. Wambaugh Golden Orange v. 52 He's this little speed tweaker, like our snitch. Spends his time in low-life meth labs breathin more ether fumes than all the patients at Hoag Hospital put together. 2010 D. Lehane Moonlight Mile ix. 93 She strikes me more as a tweeker than a crackhead. 2014 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 4 Apr. a5/2 We are left with a mess of break-ins from tweakers running around. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1792
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