tinker

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A northern English occupational surname for someone who mends pots and pans
A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster
A member of the travelling community. A gypsy
to work as a tinker
to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner
Someone who repairs, or attempts repair on anything mechanical (tinkers) or invents
The act of repair or invention
an itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of tin
{n} a mender of kettles or pans
a traveling repairman who mends broken things (such as metal household utensils)
A young mackerel about two years old
an itinerant Gypsy
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
set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
The razor-billed auk
The chub mackerel
To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend
{i} mender of pots pans and other household utensils; one skilled in various mechanical jobs, jack of all trades; bungler
A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware
to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works
A small mortar on the end of a staff
If you tinker with something, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to improve it or repair it. Instead of the Government admitting its error, it just tinkered with the problem It is not enough to tinker at the edges; our objective must be to reconstruct the entire system. + tinkering tink·er·ing No amount of tinkering is going to improve matters. to make small changes to something in order to repair it or make it work better tinker with
work as a tinker or tinkerer
One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work
set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" work as a tinker or tinkerer
A skate
a peddler who sold tin ware like pots or tin dippers
{f} patch, fix a household utensil
a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc
small mackerel found nearly worldwide
itinerant mender of kettles and pans
The silversides
Molecular modeling, mechanics, and dynamics programs
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"
Tinker to Evans to Chance
Common misspelling of Tinker to Evers to Chance. This mis-quotation of the baseball double-play combination is as common as the original
Tinker to Evers to Chance
A famous baseball infield double-play combination
Tinker to Evers to Chance
A task accomplished quickly by well-executed teamwork; those involved in the teamwork
tinker's cuss
A tinker's damn
tinker's dam
Alternative spelling of tinker's damn
tinker's damn
a worthless amount
tinker, tailor
A children's counting-out game
tinker bell
Tinker Bell is a fictional character in J.M. Barrie's play and subsequent novel Peter Pan, and various adaptations of them. She is described as a common fairy who mends pots and kettles, i.e. a tinker, and is often referred to simply as Tink. Though sometimes ill-behaved and vindictive, at other times she is helpful and kind to Peter (for whom she apparently has romantic feelings). The extremes in her personality are explained by the fact that a fairy's size prevents her from holding more than one feeling at a time
tinker with details
deal with details, be engaged in small details
not give a tinker's cuss
to be uninterested in something

I don't give a tinker's cuss about your opinions, I'm doing it my way.

not give a tinker's damn
To be uninterested in something

I don't give a tinker's damn about your opinions, I'm doing it my way.

tinkerer
Agent noun of tinker; one who tinkers with things
tinkering
Present participle of tinker
tinkering
An act of tinkering; an experimental fix or change
tinkering
The act or work of a tinker
A tinker
tinkler
tinkered
past of tinker
tinkerer
a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
tinkerer
{i} putterer, person who tinkers with things
tinkerer
a traveling repairman who mends broken things (such as metal household utensils)
tinkerer
a meddler
tinkerer
a person who tinkers with things
tinkerer
an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
tinkers
plural of tinker
tinkers
third-person singular of tinker
tinker
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