tweak, tweag, twick, twikke

t. [A. S. twiccan, twiccian ( Somner ); cogn. with Low Ger. twikken to tweak; Ger. zwicken =to pinch, to nip; zwick a pinch. Twitch, v. is a softened form.] To twitch; to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk. (Said most frequently of the nose.) "Quoth he, Tweaking his nose, 'you are, great sir, A self-denying conqueror."" Butler: Hudibras , pt. i., с. 2. IMG:content-1594.png:[blocks in formation] *4. A whoremonger.