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Tinker

Tinker Meaning & Definition
Tinker Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tinker?

[n] small mackerel found nearly worldwide
[n] a traveling repairman who mends broken things (such as metal household utensils)
[n] (British) an itinerant Gypsy
[n] a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
[v] do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
[v] work as a tinker or tinkerer

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tinker: chub mackerel | mender | mess around | monkey | monkey around | muck about | muck around | potter | putter | Scomber japonicus | tinkerer

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See Also | do work | experimenter | fixer | genus Scomber | itinerant | mackerel | maintenance man | puddle | repairer | repairman | Scomber | service man | work | work

Tinker In Webster's Dictionary

\Tink"er\, n. [From {Tink}, because the tinker's way of proclaiming his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his work he makes a tinkling noise. Johnson.] 1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. ``Tailors and tinkers.'' --Piers Plowman. 2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work. 3. (Ordnance) A small mortar on the end of a staff. 4. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A young mackerel about two years old. (b) The chub mackerel. (c) The silversides. (d) A skate. [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo["o]l.) The razor-billed auk.
\Tink"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinkered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinkering}.] To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.
\Tink"er\, v. i. To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.

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