keying

• coordinating
• reconciling

• confusing
• disorganizing
• disrupting
• disturbing
• skewing
• upsetting

• verb
  1. To fit (a lock) with a key.
  2. To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
  3. To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
  4. (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
  5. To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
  6. (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
  7. To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
  8. To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
  9. To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
  10. To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
  11. To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
  12. To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
• noun
  1. In the sociology of Erving Goffman, an action or utterance that signals the meaning of interaction to participants.
  2. The input of text or data by means of a keyboard.
  3. A form of vandalism performed by scratching paint with a key.

• She was keying in the final edits to her manuscript before sending it to the publisher.
• The technician was keying in the code to access the secure database.
• He paused briefly before keying in the password to his online banking account.
• The typist's fingers moved swiftly, keying in the customer's order details.
• Keying in the coordinates, the navigator guided the ship safely through the treacherous waters.

tampering

• analytical
• conflict
• encroaching
• fiddling
• fooling
• infringing
• inquisitive
• interested
• intervening
• intervention
• intrusion
• intrusive
• invading
• meddling
• monkeying
• nosy
• obstruction
• playing
• pushy
• trespassing

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