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Tinker

//ˈtɪŋkə(ɹ)// name, noun, verb, slang

Proper Noun

1
A northern English surname originating as an occupation for someone who mends pots and pans.

Noun

1
An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
"The blacksmith chased us all to ground They searched all night we were never found The tinker boys and the sheriff's men Shaking the tallest tree."
2
small mackerel found nearly worldwide wordnet
3
A member of the Irish Traveller community or of other itinerant groups; a gypsy. British, Ireland, dated, offensive
4
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 wordnet
5
A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster. usually

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a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts wordnet
7
Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
8
An act of repair or invention. informal
"I'll have a tinker and see what I can do."
9
A hand mortar. obsolete
10
Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.
11
A razor-billed auk, a bird of species (Alca torda).

Verb

1
To work as a tinker. intransitive
2
try to fix or mend wordnet
3
To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner. ambitransitive
"the broken bureau-lock and tinkered window-pane"
4
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly wordnet
5
work as a tinker or tinkerer wordnet

Etymology 1

From Middle English tynkere, perhaps from Old English *tincere, from tin (“tin”) + *cere, as in bēocere (“beekeeper”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English tynkere, perhaps from Old English *tincere, from tin (“tin”) + *cere, as in bēocere (“beekeeper”).

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