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1. (n.) tinker
a mender of pots and pans, usu. an itinerant.
2. tinker
an unskillful or clumsy worker; bungler.
3. tinker
a jack-of-all-trades.
4. tinker
an act or instance of tinkering.
5. tinker
a young mackerel.
6. (v.i.) tinker
to busy oneself with a thing without useful results.
7. tinker
to work unskillfully or clumsily at anything.
8. tinker
to do the work of a tinker.
9. (v.t.) tinker
to mend as a tinker.
10. tinker
to repair in a clumsy or makeshift way.
Etymology: (1225–75; ME tinkere)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tinker, tinkerer
a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
2. (noun) tinker
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
3. (verb) chub mackerel, tinker, Scomber japonicus
small mackerel found nearly worldwide
4. (verb) putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
"The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
5. (verb) tinker
work as a tinker or tinkerer
6. (verb) tinker, fiddle
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"
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1. (noun) tinker
a mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware
2. (noun) tinker
one skilled in a variety of small mechanical work
3. (noun) tinker
a small mortar on the end of a staff
4. (noun) tinker
a young mackerel about two years old
5. (noun) tinker
the chub mackerel
6. (noun) tinker
the silversides
7. (noun) tinker
a skate
8. (noun) tinker
the razor-billed auk
9. (verb) tinker
to mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend
10. (verb) tinker
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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Sense: a person who travels around like a gypsy, mending kettles, pans etc.
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 Afrikaans: ketellapper |
 Arabic: صَفاح، سَمْكَري |
 Bulgarian: калайджия |
 Brazilian: funileiro |
 Czech: dráteník |
 German: der/die Kesselflicker(in) |
 Danish: kedelflikker |
 Greek: γανωτής |
 Spanish: caldedero, hojalatero; gi |
 Estonian: rändkatelsepp |
 Farsi: تعمیر کننده سیار ظروف |
 Finnish: kulkuri |
 French: rétameur/-euse ambulant/- |
 Hebrew: פַּחָח |
 Hindi: ठठेरा |
 Croatian: kotlokrpa |
 Hungarian: üstfoltozó |
 Indonesian: tukang keliling |
 Icelandic: katlabætir |
 Italian: (ambulante) |
 Japanese: いかけ屋 |
 Korean: 유량자, 땜장이 |
 Lithuanian: meistrautojas |
 Latvian: skārdnieks; apkārtstaigāj |
 Malay: budak nakal |
 Dutch: ketellapper |
 Norwegian: kjeleflikker; kramkar; fa |
 Polish: druciarz |
 Persian: تعمیر کننده سیار ظروف |
 Pashto: ټټار، كوشير ګر، مسګر: بې |
 Portuguese: funileiro |
 Romanian: spoitor |
 Russian: бродячий лудильщик |
 Slovak: drotár |
 Slovenian: piskrovez |
 Serbian: kotlokrpa |
 Swedish: kittelflickare |
 Thai: ช่างบัดกรี |
 Turkish: seyyar tamirci |
 Taiwanese: (流動的)銲鍋匠 |
 Ukrainian: лудильник, мідник |
 Urdu: برتن کي مرمت کرنے والا |
 Vietnamese: thợ hàn nồi |
 Chinese: 白铁工 |
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