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Tinkered | Tinkering | Tinker | Tinkerer | Tinkerers | Tinkers

Tinkered meaning

simple past and past participle of tinker

Using Tinkered

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of tinker
  • In the example corpus, tinkered often appears in combinations such as: tinkered with, they tinkered, he tinkered.

Context around Tinkered

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 12 start, 4 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

cowbells 1× researchers 1× norman 1× johnston 1× kids 1×

Often after:

softly 1×

Sentence patterns with Tinkered

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

clemson norman tinkered with his 1× computers he tinkered with programming 1× designers also tinkered a bit 1× hales have tinkered with music 1× hasn t tinkered with its 1× indies also tinkered with their 1× it s tinkered with ever 1× johnston tinkered with it 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

they tinkered with 2× against clemson norman 1× among the tales 1× brothers louis and 1× imagine the furore 1× jeep s designers 1×

Common sentence endings:

and interior touches 1× and toilet rolls 1× before the pandemic 1× best pal dougie 1× by royal mail 1× every few decades 1×

Words around Tinkered

Just before it in the word index:

tinkercad 2 tinkerbell 8 tinker 113 tinkaton 2 tinka 3 tink 5

Just after it in the word index:

tinkerer 11 tinkerers 3 tinkering 117 tinkers 2 tinkertoy 6 tinkham 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aar 34 abdulla 34 abimbola 34 abp 34 accommodative 34 accoutrements 34

Corpus analysis for Tinkered

  • In this selection, "tinkered" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, cowbells, researchers, norman and softly stand out and add context to how "tinkered" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include clemson norman tinkered with his and computers he tinkered with programming. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tinkered" sits close to words such as aar, abdulla and abimbola, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tinkered

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

They tinkered with the reverb, and then got ready to post. (11 words)

And that’s about it – Mazda hasn’t tinkered with its winning formula. (13 words)

And it's tinkered with ever so slightly for the movie version of the story. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Surrounded by jagged rocks and towering trees, maybe the occasional wild bear or wolf that I was blissfully unaware of (thank god), I tried to imagine what the valleys looked like covered in snow as the cowbells tinkered softly in the distance. (42 words)

Laguna Playhouse has tinkered over the years with various theatrical holiday offerings, but several years ago the playhouse firmly established a holiday tradition with its annual staging of a Christmas Panto courtesy of Lythgoe Family Panto. (36 words)

The former White House doctor oversaw the approval of $3million in NIH grants to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where researchers tinkered with coronaviruses to make them more infectious to humans months before the pandemic. (35 words)

Question examples

Imagine the furore there would be if Appin, Benderloch and some of the many historical villages around Loch Awe were to be tinkered with by Royal Mail? (27 words)

Example sentences (20)

Imagine the furore there would be if Appin, Benderloch and some of the many historical villages around Loch Awe were to be tinkered with by Royal Mail?

Jeep’s designers also tinkered a bit with the vehicle proportion as well as exterior and interior touches.

Lue has tinkered with starters, switched up rotations and tried three-guard units at times in an effort to snap their losing streak.

Surrounded by jagged rocks and towering trees, maybe the occasional wild bear or wolf that I was blissfully unaware of (thank god), I tried to imagine what the valleys looked like covered in snow as the cowbells tinkered softly in the distance.

And that’s about it – Mazda hasn’t tinkered with its winning formula.

The former White House doctor oversaw the approval of $3million in NIH grants to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where researchers tinkered with coronaviruses to make them more infectious to humans months before the pandemic.

They tinkered with the reverb, and then got ready to post.

Against Clemson, Norman tinkered with his first-team line-up to spark some more offensive production.

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Among the tales told about Gates is that while working on school computers, he tinkered with programming to put himself in classes made up mostly of girls.

And it's tinkered with ever so slightly for the movie version of the story.

Brothers Louis and Ben Helliker-Hales have tinkered with music since childhood, but it wasn’t until 2011 when they officially founded this project.

Johnston tinkered with it until his voice fit and then they hooked the rest of the band with the demo.

Killing Floor: Incursion's mechanics make it easy to play and far less frustrating than some other VR shooters we've tinkered with.

On the weekends he tinkered with automobiles and tractors, mostly with his brother in law and best pal Dougie.

The two oldest kids tinkered for hours in Grandad's garage, making a marble run out of milk bottles and toilet rolls.

They tinkered with it 12 months ago and now they have decided to overhaul the whole thing.

West Indies also tinkered with their top-order as Deandra Dottin opened, but her innings ended on just nine with Ecclestone having her snaffled at short mid-wicket.

Laguna Playhouse has tinkered over the years with various theatrical holiday offerings, but several years ago the playhouse firmly established a holiday tradition with its annual staging of a Christmas Panto courtesy of Lythgoe Family Panto.

Since the 1400s, through reformation, revolution and world wars, the five keyboards and almost 8,000 pipes have been remodeled, repaired and tinkered with every few decades.

They tried things, they tinkered but no one solution convinced them completely so they went back to where they started and told Rhys Stanley he was their ruckman.

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Common combinations with tinkered

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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What does "tinkered" mean?
Tinkered means: simple past and past participle of tinker
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