Tweaker
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
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. slang
"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 A spin bowler. slang
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More examples"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."
Etymology
From tweak + -er; the drug addict sense derives from the slang term tweak for methamphetamines, in reference to the punding behavior of addicts.
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