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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
tinker
n 1: a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines
and their parts [syn: tinker, tinkerer]
2: formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from
place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal
utensils as a way to earn a living
3: small mackerel found nearly worldwide [syn: chub mackerel,
tinker, Scomber japonicus]
v 1: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;
"The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
[syn: putter, mess around, potter, tinker,
monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around]
2: work as a tinker or tinkerer
3: 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" [syn: tinker, fiddle]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of small fishes of the family
Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the
body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia
notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand
smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker.
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Brook silversides (Zool.), a small fresh-water North
American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the
marine silversides.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tinker \Tink"er\, n. [From Tink, because the tinker's way of
proclaiming his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his
work he makes a tinkling noise. Johnson.]
1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.
"Tailors and tinkers." --Piers Plowman.
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2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
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3. (Ordnance) A small mortar on the end of a staff.
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4. (Zool.)
(a) A young mackerel about two years old.
(b) The chub mackerel.
(c) The silversides.
(d) A skate. [Prov. Eng.]
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5. (Zool.) The razor-billed auk.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tinker \Tink"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Tinkering.]
To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to
mend.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tinker \Tink"er\, v. i.
To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to
play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.
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Thesaurus Results for tinker:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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