tinker

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

tinkers

1.
An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
2.
(British, Ireland, dated, offensive)(dated, chiefly British and Ireland, offensive) A member of the Irish Traveller community or of other itinerant groups; a gypsy.
3.
(usually)(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.
(informal)An act of repair or invention.
I'll have a tinker and see what I can do.
6.
(obsolete)(military, obsolete) A hand mortar.
7.
Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.
8.
A razor-billed auk, a bird of species (Alca torda).

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verb

V_es/s

tinkers

V_ing/Gerund

tinkering

V_ed/pp

tinkered

1.
(intransitive)To work as a tinker.
2.
(ambitransitive)To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

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Đồng nghĩa

rapscallion rascal rogue scamp scoundrel travellermember of the travelling community traveller

Cùng gốc / liên quan

tinkerbird tinkerlike tinkerlytinker tailor grasstinkerertinker, tailortinker's damn

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English tynkere, perhaps from Old English *tincere, from tin + *cere, as in bēocere (beekeeper).