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tinkering
tin·ker T0226000 (tĭng′kər)n.1. A traveling mender of metal household utensils.2. Chiefly British A member of any of various traditionally itinerant groups of people living especially in Scotland and Ireland; a traveler.3. One who enjoys experimenting with and repairing machine parts.4. A clumsy repairer or worker; a meddler.v. tin·kered, tin·ker·ing, tin·kers v.intr.1. To work as a tinker.2. To make unskilled or experimental efforts at repair; fiddle: tinkered with the engine, hoping to discover the trouble; tinkering with the economy by trying various fiscal policies.v.tr.1. To mend as a tinker.2. To manipulate unskillfully or experimentally.
[Middle English tinkere.]
tin′ker·er n.tinkering (ˈtɪŋkərɪŋ) nthe act of making some small changes to something, in an attempt to improve it or repair itTranslationsEncyclopediaSeetinker |