TINKER

tinker

(noun) formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living

tinker, tinkerer

(noun) a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts

tinker, fiddle

(verb) try to fix or mend; “Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it’s not working right”; “She always fiddles with her van on the weekend”

putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around

(verb) do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; “The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house”

tinker

(verb) work as a tinker or tinkerer

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

tinker (plural tinkers)

An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.

(dated, chiefly, British and Irish, offensive) A member of the Irish Traveller community. A gypsy.

(usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.

Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.

The act of repair or invention.

(military, obsolete) A hand mortar.

Any of various fish: the chub mackerel, the silverside, the skate, or a young mackerel about two years old.

A bird, the razor-billed auk.

Synonyms

• (mischievous person): rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scamp, scoundrel

• (member of the travelling community): traveller

Verb

tinker (third-person singular simple present tinkers, present participle tinkering, simple past and past participle tinkered)

(intransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

(intransitive) To work as a tinker.

(transitive) To tinker with; to tweak or attempt to fix.

• G. K. Chesterton

Anagrams

• Kinter, reknit

Proper noun

Tinker

A northern English surname for someone who mends pots and pans.

Anagrams

• Kinter, reknit

Source: Wiktionary

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Tink"er, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: A small mortar on the end of a staff.

4. (Zoöl.) (a) A young mackerel about two years old. (b) The chub mackerel. (c) The silversides. (d) A skate. [Prov. Eng.]

5. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The razor-billed auk.

Tink"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkering.]

Definition: To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.

Tink"er, v. i.

Definition: To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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