tinker
/ˈtɪŋkər/
noun
- A person who travels from place to place repairing metal items such as pots and pans.
- In the old days, a tinker would come to the village to fix pots.
- My grandfather worked as a tinker when he was young.
- The tinker carried a cart full of tools and metal scraps.
- A person who enjoys making small repairs or improvements to things, especially mechanical or electronic devices.
- The neighborhood tinker helped me repair my bicycle.
- She's a real tinker, always taking apart gadgets to see how they work.
- My uncle is a tinker who can fix almost anything.
verb
- To attempt to repair or improve something in an unskilled or experimental way.
- He likes to tinker with old radios in his free time.
- Don't tinker with the settings if you don't know what they do.
- She spent the afternoon tinkering with the engine, but it still wouldn't start.
- To make small changes to something, often to try to improve it.
- I've been tinkering with the software code all week.
- They tinkered with the design to make it more user-friendly.
- The chef tinkered with the recipe until it was perfect.