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tinker

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtinkertin‧ker1 /ˈtɪŋkə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] REPAIRto make small changes to something in order to repair it or make it work bettertinker with Congress has been tinkering with the legislation.tinker around with something Dad was always tinkering around with engines.→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpustinker• In the studio, there was time to reflect, to tinker.• The lad tinkered happily with a multi-pronged screwdriver that couldn't possibly work in real life.• To spice up some of their machines, parlor owners have been tinkering illegally with the odds.• Mr Reaves himself likens his operation to tinkering on a Model A Ford with screwdrivers and a pair of pliers.• History is littered with examples of people tinkering, tampering and then tumbling.• To redesign those three districts, the judges tinkered with the borders of 10 neighboring districts in August.• More complex designs presumably require tinkering with Visual Basic scripts. Related topics: Occupations , Children tinkertinker2 noun [countable] 1 BOin the past, a tinker was someone who travelled from place to place selling things or repairing metal pots, pans etc2 British English old-fashionedSSC a disobedient or annoying young childExamples from the Corpustinker• We can not do without his cunning, or his tinker friends.• The tinker plainly knew what she was about, because there was not one single piece of junk to be seen.Origin tinker2 (1200-1300) Perhaps from tink ( → TINKLE2); from the sounds made by someone mending a metal pot
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Verb table
tinker
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they tinker
he, she, it tinkers
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they tinkered
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have tinkered
he, she, it has tinkered
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had tinkered
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will tinker
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have tinkered
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Continuous Form
Present
I am tinkering
he, she, it is tinkering
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you, we, they are tinkering
Past
I, he, she, it was tinkering
you, we, they were tinkering
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been tinkering
he, she, it has been tinkering
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been tinkering
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be tinkering
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been tinkering
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