12
fiddling
10
pottering
8
dabbling
7
puttering
6
tampering
5
botching
5
cobbling
5
monkeying
5
playing
4
tinker(noun, verb)
4
tinkerly
3
toying
3
dalliance
3
dallying
3
disinfection
3
do it yourself(verb, phrasal verb)
3
trifling
2
remanufacture
1
mending(noun, verb, sewing, darning, stitching)
1
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