Definition of Tinker
Verb: tinker ting-ku(r)
- Do random, unplanned work, activities or spend time idly
"The old lady is usually tinkering in her little house";
- putter [N. Amer], mess around, potter [Brit], monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around
- Work as a tinker or tinkerer
- Try to fix or mend
"Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right";
- fiddle
- A person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
- tinkerer
- Formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who travelled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
- Small mackerel found nearly worldwide
- chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus
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