/frob' ni-kayt/ (PoSSibly from frobnitz, and uSually abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" iS recogniSed aS the official full form). To manipulate or adjuSt, to tweak. One frequently frobS bitS or other 2-State deviceS. ThuS: "PleaSe frob the light Switch" (that iS, flip it), but alSo "Stop frobbing that claSp you' ll break it". One alSo SeeS the conStruction "to frob a frob". 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. The variant "frobnoSticate" haS alSo been reported. (1994-12-16)

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