# tweaked

Pronunciation: say "TWEEKT" US /twikt/, AUS /twiːkt/

## Verb

1. Past tense and past participle of tweak. — simple past and past participle of tweak
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of tweak. Use it for something that already happened.
   - _The designers tweaked the logo after customers said it was hard to read._
   - _The sound engineer tweaked the settings until the vocals came through clearly._

## Adjective

2. In a hallucinatory, often paranoid state brought on especially by crystal meth or a similar stimulant. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Seeing or hearing things that are not real, often because of a drug like meth.
   - _Paramedics found him tweaked and convinced someone was hiding in the walls._
   - _She stayed up for three days and was so tweaked she kept seeing shadows move._
3. On edge, nervous, or tense. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Nervous, worried, and unable to relax.
   - _The whole office was tweaked waiting for the layoff announcement._
   - _She's been tweaked about the move for weeks and can barely sleep._
4. Broken, messy, or out of order. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Broken, messy, or not working the way it should.
   - _The fence was all tweaked after the storm, with boards hanging every which way._
   - _The printer's paper tray is totally tweaked and won't stay shut._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tweaked (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).