Let child tinker - the act of making some small changes to something, in an attempt to improve it or repair in a casual or desultory way, often to no useful effect. Why?
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Dictionary result for tinker
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verb
gerund or present participle: tinkering
- attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way, often to no useful effect."he spent hours tinkering with the car"
synonyms: try to mend/improve, work amateurishly on, fiddle with, play (about/around) with, toy with, trifle with, dally with, dabble with, potter about with, fool about/around with; More - archaicattempt to mend (something) by tinkering.
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