TINKERS

Noun

tinkers

plural of tinker

Verb

tinkers

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tinker

Anagrams

• Inkster, Kinters, Kirsten, Kistner, Kristen, reknits, skinter, stinker, striken

Source: Wiktionary


TINKER

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



RESET




Word of the Day

25 January 2025

DERMATOGLYPHICS

(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; “some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics”


Do you know this game?

Wordscapes

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins