| 单词 | to tweak nose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tweak (a person's or thing's) nose (also tail) to tweak the nose (also tail) of: to deliberately tease, annoy, or antagonize (a person, group, etc.), esp. in order to provoke a reaction. Similarly to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose (also tail) in the same sense.Cf. to twist the tail and to pull (also yank, jerk) a person's chain. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex gremec893 dretchc900 awhenec1000 teenOE fretc1290 annoyc1300 atrayc1320 encumberc1330 diseasec1340 grindc1350 distemperc1386 offenda1387 arra1400 avexa1400 derea1400 miscomforta1400 angerc1400 engrievec1400 vex1418 molesta1425 entrouble?1435 destroublea1450 poina1450 rubc1450 to wring (a person) on the mailsc1450 disprofit1483 agrea1492 trouble1515 grig1553 mis-set?1553 nip?1553 grate1555 gripe1559 spitec1563 fike?1572 gall1573 corsie1574 corrosive1581 touch1581 disaccommodate1586 macerate1588 perplex1590 thorn1592 exulcerate1593 plague1595 incommode1598 affret1600 brier1601 to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603 discommodate1606 incommodate1611 to grate on or upon1631 disincommodate1635 shog1636 ulcerate1647 incommodiate1650 to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1653 discommodiate1654 discommode1657 ruffle1659 regrate1661 disoblige1668 torment1718 pesta1729 chagrin1734 pingle1740 bothera1745 potter1747 wherrit1762 to tweak the nose of1784 to play up1803 tout1808 rasp1810 outrage1818 worrit1818 werrit1825 buggerlug1850 taigle1865 get1867 to give a person the pip1881 to get across ——1888 nark1888 eat1893 to twist the tail1895 dudgeon1906 to tweak the tail of1909 sore1929 to put up1930 wouldn't it rip you!1941 sheg1943 to dick around1944 cheese1946 to pee off1946 to honk off1970 to fuck off1973 to tweak (a person's or thing's) tail1977 to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose1983 to wind up1984 to dick about1996 to-teen- 1784 P. Skelton Appeal Common Sense VI. 237 Common Sense might be provoked to try the Force of those Arguments by smartly tweaking the nose of that Philosopher. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. v. viii. 633 To tweak the nose of his sovereign royalty, and ignominiously force him into another way: that is an enterprise no man or devil..need attempt. 1909 A. Dudeney Rachel Lorian 308 Jeremy..was tweaking the tail of Fate. 1977 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 14 May 13 a/1 The man who saw him walking thus attired down a Laramie street..couldn't resist tweaking his tail. 1983 P. Dallas Ital. Wines (new ed.) ii. 30 Cynics..tweak Italy's nose, saying that far too many of the US imports are made up of Lambrusco. 2015 TVEyes (Nexis) (transcript of TV programme) 7 Oct. Is this an exercise in good faith or are they just tweaking the tail of the West here? < as lemmas |
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