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    tinkering

    US /'tɪŋkərɪŋ/

    ・

    UK /'tɪŋkərɪŋ/

    B2
    v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To make small adjustments to repair or improve
    He was tinkering with the taps on the sink to make them stop leaking

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    F1 The Movie: Behind The Scenes With Brad Pitt | Exclusive Interview

    16:29F1 The Movie: Behind The Scenes With Brad Pitt | Exclusive Interview
    • I know we'll just be tinkering with it right up to the release.

      I know we'll just be tinkering with it right up to the release.

    • I know we'll just be tinkering with it right up to right up to the release.

      I know we'll just be tinkering with it right up to right up to the release.

    A2

    How The Next Batteries Will Change the World

    11:28How The Next Batteries Will Change the World
    • To accomplish all that, a number of companies are going inside the black box and tinkering with those four basic components, hoping to jumpstart the next generation of batteries.

      To accomplish all that, a number of companies are going inside the black box and tinkering with those four basic components, hoping to jumpstart the next generation of batteries.

    • To accomplish all that, a number of companies are going inside the black box and tinkering with those four basic components, hoping to jump-start the next generation of batteries.

      To accomplish all that, a number of companies are going inside the black box and tinkering with those four basic components, hoping to jump-start the next generation of batteries.

    B1

    Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Campaign - Ending Explained

    16:55Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Campaign - Ending Explained
    • But once we have Savati Dumas and Felix Newman, one's an assassin, one's good at tinkering, they tell us where Russell Adler is being held because after he killed Allawi, the CIA took him into a black site, which just so happens to be underneath Capitol Station in Washington DC.

      But once we have Savati Dumas and Felix Newman, one's an assassin, one's good at tinkering, they tell us where Russell Adler is being held because after he killed Allawi, the CIA took him into a black site, which just so happens to be underneath Capitol Station in Washington DC.

    • So once we have Savadi Dumas and Felix Newman, one's an assassin, one's good at tinkering, they tell us where Russell Adler is being held, because after he killed Alawi, the CIA took him into a black site, which just so happens to be underneath Capitol Station in Washington, D.C.

      So once we have Savadi Dumas and Felix Newman, one's an assassin, one's good at tinkering, they tell us where Russell Adler is being held, because after he killed Alawi, the CIA took him into a black site, which just so happens to be underneath Capitol Station in Washington, D.C.

    B1

    I tried using a Mac for 2 years. Here’s my review

    15:43I tried using a Mac for 2 years. Here’s my review
    • Now, I'm the type of person who likes tinkering with their operating system and toggling every single setting to see what it does.

      Now, I'm the type of person who likes tinkering with their operating system and toggling every single setting to see what it does.

    • Now, I'm the type of person who likes tinkering with their operating system and toggling every single setting to see what it does.

      Now, I'm the type of person who likes tinkering with their operating system and toggling every single setting to see what it does.

    B1

    Corn Shouldn't Be Food, But It Is

    07:05Corn Shouldn't Be Food, But It Is
    • All these changes show us that corn as we know it today would never have existed if people hadn't started tinkering with it.

      All these changes show us that corn as we know it today would never have existed if people hadn't started tinkering with it.

    • if people hadn’t started tinkering with it.

      if people hadn’t started tinkering with it.

    B2

    Stories of Bike EP8: Flipside

    05:17Stories of Bike EP8: Flipside
    • And my mom still blames my dad for me tinkering around with bikes.

      And my mom still blames my dad for me tinkering around with bikes.

    • And my mum still blames my dad for me tinkering around with bikes.

      And my mum still blames my dad for me tinkering around with bikes.

    A2

    Introduction to Intellectual Property: Crash Course IP 1

    10:10Introduction to Intellectual Property: Crash Course IP 1
    • Again, the patent owner probably wouldn't like this, but the law wants to encourage individual tinkering.

      Again, the patent owner probably wouldn't like this, but the law wants to encourage individual tinkering.

    • the patent owner probably wouldn't like this, but the law wants to encourage individual tinkering.

      the patent owner probably wouldn't like this, but the law wants to encourage individual tinkering.

    B1

    President Obama Awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom

    00:14President Obama Awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom
    • Ever since he was a Cleveland kid tinkering with his father's movie projectors, he's never met a problem he didn't want to solve.

      Ever since he was a Cleveland kid tinkering with his father's movie projectors, he's never met a problem he didn't want to solve.

    • Ever since he was a Cleveland kid tinkering with

      Ever since he was a Cleveland kid tinkering with

    B1

    My Multi-Agent Team with OpenClaw

    14:29My Multi-Agent Team with OpenClaw
    • Claw is my system admin who I work with when I'm tinkering with my OpenCLA system itself.

      Claw is my system admin who I work with when I'm tinkering with my OpenCLA system itself.

    • Claude is my system admin, who I work with when I'm tinkering with my OpenClaw system itself.

      Claude is my system admin, who I work with when I'm tinkering with my OpenClaw system itself.

    B1

    Havana Syndrome: Pentagon testing mysterious device bought in undercover operation

    09:28Havana Syndrome: Pentagon testing mysterious device bought in undercover operation
    • And CNN reports that not only has the Pentagon been tinkering with this thing for a year, but it can fit inside of a backpack.

      And CNN reports that not only has the Pentagon been tinkering with this thing for a year, but it can fit inside of a backpack.

    • And CNN reports that not only has the Pentagon been tinkering with this thing for a year, but

      And CNN reports that not only has the Pentagon been tinkering with this thing for a year, but

    B1