tinkered

Verb

tinker (third-person singular simple present tinkers, present participle tinkering, simple past and past participle tinkered)

1. (intransitive) To work as a tinker.
2. (ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
   • the broken bureau-lock and tinkered window-pane1894, Thomas Hardy, A Few Crusted Characters

   Synonyms:

   fudge, fiddle, hack

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