tinker
noun
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
was tinkering
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past progressiveof tinker.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Alistair Carmichael said the announcement was "tinkering around the edges when much larger reforms are needed".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2023
On the day a reporter visited, Shieh was tinkering with two additional solar panels, which he was using to charge a small emergency generator.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
The first electric ground-source heat pump is credited to American inventor Robert C. Webber, who was tinkering with a deep freezer in his cellar in the late 1940s when he realized it produced scalding water.
From The Verge ● Aug. 11, 2022
“I needed green cardamom for a curry recipe I was tinkering with,” says the publicist Sarah Hermalyn, who works in the food world.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
Shady was tinkering at his workbench as I ate my breakfast.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
