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tinkering

 
Verb tinker has 3 senses
  1. putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around - do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
    --1 is one way to work
    Derived forms: noun tinker1, noun tinkerer2, noun tinkerer1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. tinker - work as a tinker or tinkerer
    --2 is one way to
    work, do work
    Derived forms: noun tinker3, noun tinkerer3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  3. tinker, fiddle - try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
    --3 is one way to repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
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