Defenition of the word tinker
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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
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- 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
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- tinker
- tinker's
- tinkered
- tinkering
- tinkers
- tinkertoy
Meronymys for the word tinker
Hyponyms for the word tinker
Hypernyms for the word tinker
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- 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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