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Tinkerer
see synonyms of tinkererNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Tinkerer
see synonyms of tinkerernoun
1.
(esp formerly) a travelling mender of pots and pans
2.
a clumsy worker
3.
the act of tinkering
4. Scottish and Irish derogatory another name for Gypsy
5. British informal
a mischievous child
6.
any of several small mackerels that occur off the North American coast of the Atlantic
verb
7. (intransitive; foll by with)
to play, fiddle, or meddle (with machinery, etc), esp while undertaking repairs
8.
to mend (pots and pans) as a tinker
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Tinkerer
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1.
a usually itinerant person who mends pots, pans, etc.
2. [sometimes T-] Chiefly Irish Chiefly Scottish
Gypsy (sense 1)
3.
a person who can make all kinds of minor repairs; jack-of-all-trades
4.
a clumsy or unskillful worker; bungler
5. US
a young mackerel
verb intransitive
6.
to work as a tinker
7.
to make clumsy or tentative attempts to mend or repair something
8.
to fuss or putter aimlessly or uselessly
verb transitive
9.
to mend as a tinker; patch up
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Tinkerer
see synonyms of tinkerern.
1. A traveling mender of metal household utensils.
2. Chiefly British A member of any of various traditionally itinerant groups of people living especially in Scotland and Ireland; a traveler.
3. One who enjoys experimenting with and repairing machine parts.
4. A clumsy repairer or worker; a meddler.
v. tin·kered, tin·ker·ing, tin·kers
v.intr.
1. To work as a tinker.
2. To make unskilled or experimental efforts at repair; fiddle: tinkered with the engine, hoping to discover the trouble; tinkering with the economy by trying various fiscal policies.
v.tr.
1. To mend as a tinker.
2. To manipulate unskillfully or experimentally.
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