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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Tinker \Tink"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Tinkering.]
     To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to
     mend.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Tinkering \Tink"er*ing\, n.
     The act or work of a tinker.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Tinker \Tink"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Tinkering.]
     To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to
     mend.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Tinkering \Tink"er*ing\, n.
     The act or work of a tinker.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tinkering
     n.
     An experimental fix or change.
     vb.
     (present participle of en tinker nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  tinkering
     n.
     An experimental fix or change.
     vb.
     (present participle of en tinker nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  tinkering
     n.
     An experimental fix or change.
     vb.
     (present participle of en tinker nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  tinkering
     n.
     An experimental fix or change.
     vb.
     (present participle of en tinker nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tinkering
     Englanti vb.
     (taivm-pprees en tinker)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tinkering
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en tinker ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb tinker)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Tinkering /tˈɪŋkəɹɪŋ/
  التصليح

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  tinkering /tˈɪŋkəɹɪŋ/
  Bastelei , Heimwerkerei , Pfusch  [pej.]
     Synonym: bricolage
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  tinkering /tˈɪŋkəɹɪŋ/
  flickend, bastelnd, pfuschend
   see: tinker, tinkered, tinkers, tinkered
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  tinkering /tˈɪŋkəɹɪŋ/
  frickelnd
     Synonyms: fiddling with, fiddling around, fumbling
  
   see: fiddle with, fiddle around, fumble, tinker, quickly put together an improvised solution, fiddled with, fiddled around, fumbled, tinkered
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  tinkering /tˈɪŋkəɹɪŋ/
  herumbastelnd, herumpfuschend
   see: tinker with sth., tinkered
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  tinkering /tˈɪŋkəɹɪŋ/
  tüftelnd
     Synonym: fiddling about
  
   see: fiddle about with sth., tinker with sth., fiddled about, tinkered
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtɪŋkɝɪŋ/, /ˈtɪŋkɹɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "tinkering":
     coquetry, dabbling, dalliance, dallying, fiddling, flirtation,
     fooling, fooling around, idling, jerking off, kidding around,
     loitering, messing around, monkeying, monkeying around, piddling,
     playing, playing around, pottering, puttering, smattering, toying,
     trifling
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     熔补

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