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tinkered

VERB

fiddle with

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dabble mess

STRONG

doodle fix monkey niggle play puddle putter repair toy

WEAK

mess with muck about play with take apart trifle with

Antonyms

STRONG

break destroy work

WEAK

leave alone

Example Sentences

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I hit some other bumps in the road as I tinkered.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

"Yesterday, two helicopters landed right here. They tinkered with something, then left again," Mathiassen recalled.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

“There he tinkered with dismembered clocks and toasters, and the pathos of dismantled gears, springs and wires infected him with a tenderness for mechanisms that spill their guts for all the world to see.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

And as the entrepreneurial engineers tinkered, they found ways to save money while also extending their weapons’ range by nearly 375 miles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

But as Herman Miller tinkered with the design, coming up with new and better prototypes, and got people to overcome their qualms, the scores began to inch up.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell