I've always found Tinker Bell very sexy.
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Tinker
//ˈtɪŋkə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "tinker" (106 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (53)
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15 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
103 translations across 27 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- gabel noun (member of the travelling community)
Arabic
1 entries- سَكَّج verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Bulgarian
4 entries- калайджия noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- палавник noun (mischievous person)
- калайдисвам verb (to work as a tinker)
- поправям на бърза ръка verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Catalan
1 entries- trastejar verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 修补匠 noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- 鋦匠 /锔匠 noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- 修修补补 verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Czech
4 entries- dráteník noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- klempíř noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- tulák noun (member of the travelling community)
- vrtat se verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Dutch
4 entries- klussen verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
- knutselen verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
- prutsen verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
- sleutelen verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Finnish
4 entries- kattilanpaikkaaja noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- ryökäle noun (mischievous person)
- tinuri noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- nikkaroida verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
French
4 entries- bidouiller verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
- bricoler verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
- magouiller verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
- manipuler verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Georgian
4 entries- დარჩილვა verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
- მოკალვა verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
- რჩილვა verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
- შეკეთება verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
German
4 entries- Kesselflicker noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- Kesselflickerin noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- basteln verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
- frickeln verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Hungarian
4 entries- bádogos noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- drótostót noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- babrál verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
- eszkábál verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Irish
3 entries- scabhaitéir noun (mischievous person)
- tincéir noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- tincéir noun (member of the travelling community)
Italian
4 entries- calderaio noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- lattoniere noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- stagnino noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- zingaro noun (member of the travelling community)
Japanese
4 entries- 鋳掛屋 noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- 鋳掛師 noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- 弄繰り回す verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
- 鋳掛をする verb (to work as a tinker)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Dëppegéisser noun (itinerant tinsmith)
Malay
1 entries- menggodek-godek verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Middle English
1 entries- tynkere noun (itinerant tinsmith)
Māori
1 entries- rāwekeweke verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Norwegian
1 entries- kjeleflikker noun (itinerant tinsmith)
Polish
1 entries- majstrować verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Portuguese
1 entries- ajeitar verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Romanian
4 entries- cazangiu noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- căldărar noun (member of the travelling community)
- lingurar noun (member of the travelling community)
- puști noun (mischievous person)
Russian
4 entries- жестя́нщик noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- луди́льщик noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- озорник noun (mischievous person)
- вози́ться verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Spanish
3 entries- amañar verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
- cacharrear verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
- trastear verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Swedish
4 entries- förtennare noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- kittelflickare noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- kopparslagare noun (itinerant tinsmith)
- löskefolk noun (member of the travelling community)
Vietnamese
1 entries- táy máy verb (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom likes to tinker with things because he believes there's always a better way.
Source: tatoeba (9301156)
He described, as an example, teaching students about sensors and micro-controllers, so that they can tinker with potential products that are part of the internet of things.
Source: tatoeba (11039303)
It is an important match for the hosts, while the Americans will have a chance to tinker with their line-up.
Source: tatoeba (11039312)
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