Frobnicate, v.:
To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. Derived from FROBNITZ.
Usually abbreviated to FROB. Thus one has the saying "to frob a
frob". See TWEAK and TWIDDLE. Usage: FROB, TWIDDLE, and TWEAK
sometimes connote points along a continuum. FROB connotes aimless
manipulation; TWIDDLE connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse
search for a proper setting; TWEAK connotes fine-tuning. If someone is
turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it
he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the
screen he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because
turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it.
To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. Derived from FROBNITZ.
Usually abbreviated to FROB. Thus one has the saying "to frob a
frob". See TWEAK and TWIDDLE. Usage: FROB, TWIDDLE, and TWEAK
sometimes connote points along a continuum. FROB connotes aimless
manipulation; TWIDDLE connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse
search for a proper setting; TWEAK connotes fine-tuning. If someone is
turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it
he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the
screen he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because
turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it.
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- Frobnicate, v.:
To manipulate or adjust, to tweak.
Derived from FROBNITZ. Usually abbreviated... - frobnicate /frob'ni-kayt/ vt.
[Poss. derived from
frobnitz,
and usually abbreviated to frob, but `frobnicate'... - frobnicate: /frob'ni-kayt/ vt. [Poss. derived from
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and usually abbreviated to {frob}, but `frobnicate'... - diddle
1. vt. To work with or modify in a not particularly
serious manner.
"I diddled a copy of ADVENT so it didn't double... - twiddle: n. 1. Tilde (ASCII 1111110, `~'). Also
called `squiggle',
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"I diddled a copy of {ADVENT} so it didn't double... - tweak vt.
1. To change slightly, usually in reference to a
value.
Also used synonymously with twiddle. If a program... - tweak: vt. 1. To change slightly, usually in reference to a
value.
Also used synonymously with {twiddle}. If a program... - frob: /frob/ 1. n. [MIT] The {TMRC} definition was "FROB = a
protruding arm or trunnion";
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