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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tin•ker /ˈtɪŋkɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a mender of pots and pans who wanders from place to place seeking work.
- an unskillful or clumsy worker.
v. [no object] - to work with a thing without useful results:She likes to tinker with the car.
- to work clumsily at anything.
tin•ker•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tin•ker (ting′kər),USA pronunciation n. - a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- an unskillful or clumsy worker;
bungler. - a person skilled in various minor kinds of mechanical work;
jack-of-all-trades. - an act or instance of tinkering:Let me have a tinker at that motor.
- British Terms[Scot., Irish Eng.]
- Scottish Termsa gypsy.
- Scottish Termsany itinerant worker.
- Scottish Termsa wanderer.
- Scottish Termsa beggar.
- FishSee chub mackerel.
v.i. - to busy oneself with a thing without useful results:Stop tinkering with that clock and take it to the repair shop.
- to work unskillfully or clumsily at anything.
- to do the work of a tinker.
v.t. - to mend as a tinker.
- to repair in an unskillful, clumsy, or makeshift way.
- Middle English tinkere (noun, nominal), syncopated variant of tinekere worker in tin 1225–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tinker /ˈtɪŋkə/ n - (esp formerly) a travelling mender of pots and pans
- a clumsy worker
- the act of tinkering
- Scot Irish
another name for Gypsy
vb - (intransitive) followed by with: to play, fiddle, or meddle (with machinery, etc), esp while undertaking repairs
- to mend (pots and pans) as a tinker
Etymology: 13th Century tinkere, perhaps from tink tinkle, of imitative origin |