tinker
noun
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
tinkered
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past participleof tinker.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof tinker.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
tinkernouna mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
Example Sentences
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There were several moments over the past decade that forced him to rethink that assumption, and he changed his mind altogether in 2022, as soon as he tinkered with ChatGPT.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
They tinkered with his crossovers and his camel spin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
Then he went straight to the lab, tinkered, and won the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Amorim tinkered his system once more to try and turn the tide, but his substitution of Casemiro left the Brazilian befuddled.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
Coke’s scientists went back and tinkered with the fabled secret formula to make it a little lighter and sweeter—more like Pepsi.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
