tinker

fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend, or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner

skim

glide along in an even, smooth course along or intermittently brushing the surface of something

rustle

make soft muffled sound like that produced by the friction of thin flat material such as cloth, paper, or leaves

be inside-out

when what is normally something's inside surface is oriented outward

pivot

swivel or turn on a fixed point

impale

pierce and transfix with a long, usually pointed object

be mystical, be esoteric, be occult

be endowed with transcendently complex, obscure, or prescientific meaning; can be used to distinguish 'chemistry' from 'alchemy' or 'astronomy' from 'astrology'

straddle

A Maori legend states that Paikea straddled a whale to arrive at New Zealand.

stimulate

The smell of ghak wafting across the room stimulates my taste buds.