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Examples of tinkering
tinkering
This environment also attracts aggressive tinkering foreigners like this author.
From the forbes.com
Should we be tinkering with the free market by allowing patents for such things?
From the theatlantic.com
Miller said the unspoken cohesiveness of that unit hasn't needed much tinkering.
From the sacbee.com
Her recipe tinkering led to some creative and delicious desserts over the years.
From the courier-journal.com
He needs the money for his tinkering, which is what the doing good grows out of.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Growing up in suburban Boston he began tinkering at age 5 with an IBM PC Junior.
From the forbes.com
Other companies are tinkering with their business models to boost their profits.
From the businessweek.com
By comparison, National's charter school initiative is tinkering at the margins.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Advisers are like entrepreneurs, each tinkering with their own startup projects.
From the smallwarsjournal.com
- A person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
- Putter: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
- Formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
- Work as a tinker or tinkerer
- Chub mackerel: small mackerel found nearly worldwide
- Try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
- TINKER is a computer software application for molecular dynamics simulation with a complete and general package for molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics, with some special features for biopolymers. ...
- Tinker was a Canadian alternative rock band, formed in Montru00E9al in 1993 by Melissa Auf der Maur and Steve Durand. The band reached limited success, before Auf der Maur left and became bassist for Hole. Durand and Zadorozny joined Auf der Maur's solo band in 2002 and worked on both of Auf der Maur's studio albums, Auf der Maur and Out of Our Minds.
- Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most popular dinosaurs, is known from numerous specimens, some of which have acquired a degree of notability in their own right because of their scientific importance and coverage by the media. See Tyrannosaurus for more information on the genus itself.
