Let child tinker - the act of making some small changes to something, in an attempt to improve it or repair in a casual or desultory way, often to no useful effect. Why? ___ tin·ker Dictionary result for tinkerverb gerund or present participle: tinkering -
attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way, often to no useful effect. "he spent hours tinkering with the car" synonyms: | try to mend/improve, work amateurishly on, fiddle with, play (about/around) with, toy with, trifle with, dally with, dabble with, potter about with, fool about/around with; More tamper with, interfere with, meddle with; tinker at/with the edges of, adjust slightly; informalmess about/around with, rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic; informalmuck about/around with "he spent hours tinkering with the car" | -
archaic attempt to mend (something) by tinkering. |