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tinker
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
tinkers; tinkered; tinkering
tinkers; tinkered; tinkering
Learner's definition of TINKER
[no object]
: to try to repair or improve something (such as a machine) by making small changes or adjustments to it小修补；小修理 — often + with
- He was tinkering in the garage.他在车库里做了点小修小补的活计。
- The car wouldn't start, but my brother tinkered with the engine a little and got it going again.汽车发动不了，我哥哥简单修了一下引擎，它又能走了。
- They are still tinkering (around) with the details of the plan.他们仍在调整计划的细节。
2 tinker /ˈtɪŋkɚ/ noun
plural tinkers
2 tinker
/ˈtɪŋkɚ/
noun
plural tinkers
Learner's definition of TINKER
[count]
: a person who in the past traveled to different places and made money by selling or repairing small items (such as pots and pans)（旧时走街串巷的）补锅匠，白铁匠
tinkered; tinkering ˈtiŋ-k(ə-)riŋ 
: to work in the manner of a tinker
especially : to repair, adjust, or work with something in an unskilled or experimental manner : fiddle
: to repair, adjust, or experiment with
plural tinkers
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Verb He was tinkering in the garage.
Recent Examples on the Web
WIRED, 22 Aug. 2022 GameFi games will only continue to proliferate, and game publishers must tinker with token design to ensure user growth does not come at the expense of sustainability. Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022 Though the true experts might tinker with cuts of meat in different combinations, a good starting position is with fat percentages. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 June 2022 With a day off Monday, the Orioles can tinker with the order to avoid calling up another starter. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2022 In the regular season, Kerr can tinker with his lineups because the stakes are relatively low. Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2022 Clayton Kershaw will tinker with a changeup, hint at the possibility of incorporating it full time into his arsenal, then abandon the pitch once the games count. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022 The athletes can tinker and adjust the runners on training days. New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022 Instead, there’s a small team of architects, designers and chefs who tinker with sugar sculptures and recipes, building with modded and food-safe 3-D printers that are more typically used for metalworking. Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021 Micah Ling, Outside Online, 14 Feb. 2022 In Peru and the United States, chefs tinker with causa’s form, flavors, fillings and garnishes — and, in the process, give home cooks license to experiment. Caroline Hatchett, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022 The basic skeleton is Mr. Isaka’s book, though Mr. Leitch and the screenwriter Zak Olkewicz freely tinker with the meat. Amy Nicholson, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022 As the Duffer Brothers tinker around with season 5, there's one major dilemma that everyone's wondering about. Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 16 July 2022 Play an instrument, cook, knit, build, tinker or doodle. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 While the core of the Dodgers lineup might look the same most games, Roberts will have the opportunity to tinker in search of the right matchups. Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022 And reducing federal policymakers’ discretion to tinker with the monetary system is the best way to truly fix the problem. Norbert Michel, Forbes, 16 June 2022 But there are sound arguments and growing support for Major League Baseball’s current eagerness to tinker with the rule book. David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022 See More
Verb
Still, that move has been seen as inadequate by those who just want to be able to tinker with and fix their own machines. WIRED, 22 Aug. 2022 GameFi games will only continue to proliferate, and game publishers must tinker with token design to ensure user growth does not come at the expense of sustainability. Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022 Though the true experts might tinker with cuts of meat in different combinations, a good starting position is with fat percentages. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 June 2022 With a day off Monday, the Orioles can tinker with the order to avoid calling up another starter. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2022 In the regular season, Kerr can tinker with his lineups because the stakes are relatively low. Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2022 Clayton Kershaw will tinker with a changeup, hint at the possibility of incorporating it full time into his arsenal, then abandon the pitch once the games count. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022 The athletes can tinker and adjust the runners on training days. New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022 Instead, there’s a small team of architects, designers and chefs who tinker with sugar sculptures and recipes, building with modded and food-safe 3-D printers that are more typically used for metalworking. Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021 Noun
Initially, the retailer was nothing more than a small boot- and climbing shoe- repair operation—more a place for Neptune and his friends to tinker than anything else. Micah Ling, Outside Online, 14 Feb. 2022 In Peru and the United States, chefs tinker with causa’s form, flavors, fillings and garnishes — and, in the process, give home cooks license to experiment. Caroline Hatchett, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022 The basic skeleton is Mr. Isaka’s book, though Mr. Leitch and the screenwriter Zak Olkewicz freely tinker with the meat. Amy Nicholson, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022 As the Duffer Brothers tinker around with season 5, there's one major dilemma that everyone's wondering about. Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 16 July 2022 Play an instrument, cook, knit, build, tinker or doodle. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 While the core of the Dodgers lineup might look the same most games, Roberts will have the opportunity to tinker in search of the right matchups. Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022 And reducing federal policymakers’ discretion to tinker with the monetary system is the best way to truly fix the problem. Norbert Michel, Forbes, 16 June 2022 But there are sound arguments and growing support for Major League Baseball’s current eagerness to tinker with the rule book. David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English tinkere
First Known Use
Verb
1655, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Noun
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of tinker was in the 13th century Phrases Containing tinker
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