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Defenition of the word tinker

    • Defenition of the word tinker

      • small mackerel found nearly worldwide
      • someone who is employed to repair broken things
      • do random, unplanned work or activities
      • a traveling repairman who mends broken things (such as metal household utensils)
      • an itinerant Gypsy
      • a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
      • 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"
      • do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
      • work as a tinker or tinkerer
      • 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
      • try to fix or mend
      • do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

    Synonyms for the word tinker

      • chub mackerel
      • fiddle
      • fidget
      • mender
      • mess
      • mess around
      • monkey
      • monkey around
      • muck around
      • play
      • potter
      • putter
      • Scomber japonicus
      • toy
      • trifle

    Similar words in the tinker

      • tinker
      • tinker's
      • tinkered
      • tinkering
      • tinkers
      • tinkertoy

    Meronymys for the word tinker

      • genus Scomber
      • Scomber

    Hyponyms for the word tinker

      • puddle

    Hypernyms for the word tinker

      • bushel
      • do work
      • doctor
      • experimenter
      • fix
      • fixer
      • furbish up
      • gipsy
      • gypsy
      • itinerant
      • mackerel
      • maintenance man
      • mend
      • repair
      • repairer
      • repairman
      • restore
      • service man
      • serviceman
      • surname
      • touch on
      • work

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