I could re-write with my own words, but the Adruino Booklet does a great job defining it.
Tinkering is what happens when you try something you don’t quite know how to do, guided by whim, imaginationand curiosity.
From Merriam-Webster
Main Entry: tinker
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): tin·kered; tin·ker·ing
Date: 1592
Intransitive verb:
to work in the manner of a tinker ; especially [...]
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