tinkering

Speech parts

1. tinkering - Noun

2. tinkering - Verb

Meaning

of Tinker

The act or work of a tinker.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

potter playing putter repair adjust manipulation experimentation altering alteration mess monkey jamming clumsy fiddle tampering
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Antonyms

destroy radical change leaving alone radical transformation dramatic change significant change
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Examples

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering. Aldo Leopold

Very few laws remain the same. Once enacted, they are likely to be studied, modified, amended, then often repealed altogether. This constant tinkering by judges and lawmakers is usually a good thing. Bad laws are weeded out. Weak laws are improved. Good laws are fine tuned. John Grisham

You can give music variation without changing the notes. When you get close to a piece there will inevitable be tinkering. I sometimes wonder if concert pianists expend so much effort and energy finding new ways to interpret that what they really need is some more direct form of self-expression. Joanna MacGregor

Starting early and getting girls on computers, tinkering and playing with technology, games and new tools, is extremely important for bridging the gender divide that exists now in computer science and in technology. Beth Simone Noveck

Before you open the lunch menu or order that cheeseburger or consider eating the cake with the frosting intact, haul out the psychic calculator and start tinkering with the budget. Caroline Knapp

Leave well alone! You wont improve matters by going on tinkering. Swahili Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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