To tinker with something is to make small changes to something, often in an unskilled way, to try and repair it or improve it.
Examples of use:
1. He's been tinkering with that old car for months. The engine still won't start.
2. My grandfather loved tinkering with clocks and watches.
3. My husband tinkered with the television and now it's broken!
| infinitive |
tinker with |
| present simple |
tinker with and tinkers with |
| -ing form |
tinkering with |
| past simple |
tinkered with |
| past participle |
tinkered with |
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