1. tinkering - Noun
2. tinkering - Verb
of Tinker
The act or work of a tinker.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTo 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 Once enacted, they are likely to be studied, modified, amended, then often repealed altogether.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