tinker
verb/ˈtɪŋkər/
Frequency rank: #9,781 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to make small adjustments or repairs to something, often experimentally.
Example sentence
He likes to tinker with old radios in his spare time.
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