Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) to mess about.

2000		S.M. Alper ‘The Immigrant’ at Broadwaystars.com 🌐 There’s, of course, a lot of potchkying around with words, phrases, looking for just the right turn, the ‘good’ laugh.
c.2003		M. Paris Home Planet News 🌐 The cultural environment is harsh, crazy, or decadent as we potchky through the millennia.