tinker

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see also: Tinker

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /tɪŋkə(ɹ)/
• (GA) IPA: /tɪŋkɚ/
• (America)

Noun

tinker (plural tinkers)

1. An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
2. (dated, chiefly, British and Irish, offensive) A member of the Irish Traveller community. A gypsy.
3. (usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
4. Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
5. The act of repair or invention.
6. (military, obsolete) A hand mortar.
7. Any of various fish: the chub mackerel, the silverside, the skate, or a young mackerel about two years old.
8. A bird, the razor-billed auk.

Synonyms

• (mischievous person) rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scamp, scoundrel
• (member of the travelling community) traveller

Translations

• German: Kesselflicker, Kesselflickerin
• Italian: stagnino, calderaio, lattoniere

Translations

• Italian: zingaro

Translations

• Italian: zingaro
• Russian: озорник

Verb

tinker (tinkers, present participle tinkering; past and past participle tinkered)

1. (intransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
2. (intransitive) To work as a tinker.
3. (transitive) To tinker with; to tweak or attempt to fix.
   • G. K. Chesterton

     the broken bureau-lock and tinkered window-pane

Translations

• French: bricoler
• German: tüfteln
• Italian: arrabattarsi
• Russian: ковыря́ть
• Spanish: cacharrear

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Tinker

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Proper noun

1. Surname for someone who mends pots and pans.

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