tinker

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Synonyms: ticker, tinder, thinker, stinker, tinner, sinker, tanker, winker, tinkler, tinger, tunker

Antonyms: ticker, tinder, thinker, stinker, tinner, sinker, tanker, winker, tinkler, tinger, tunker

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Noun

1. An [[itinerant]] tinsmith and [[mender]] of [[household]] [[utensil]]s made of [[metal]].
2. {{lb|en|dated|chiefly|British|and|Irish|offensive}} A member of the [[Irish Traveller]] community or of other itinerant groups; a [[gypsy]].
3. {{lb|en|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 [[#Verb|tinker]]s; a [[tinkerer]].
5. {{lb|en|informal}} An act of repair or invention.
6. {{lb|en|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 ({{taxfmt|Alca torda|species}}).

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To work as a tinker.
2. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[fiddle]] with something in an [[attempt]] to [[fix]], [[mend]] or [[improve]] it, especially in an [[experimental]] or [[unskilled]] manner.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|northern English|from=occupations}} for someone who mends pots and pans.

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