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- Dictionarytinker/ˈtɪŋkə/
noun
- 1. (especially in former times) a person who makes a living by travelling from place to place mending pans and other metal utensils.
- 2. a mischievous child: informal British "little tinkers, we were"
verb
- 1. attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way: "he spent hours tinkering with the car"
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TINKER definition: 1. to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it: 2…. Learn more.
The meaning of TINKER is to work in the manner of a tinker; especially : to repair, adjust, or work with something in an unskilled or experimental manner : fiddle. How to use tinker in a sentence.
tinker. verb [ I usually + adv/prep ] us / ˈtɪŋ.kɚ / uk / ˈtɪŋ.kə r/. Add to word list. to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it: He spends every weekend tinkering (around) with his car.
If you tinker with something, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to improve it or repair it.
When you tinker, you work casually or attempt to fix something, the way you might tinker with your brother's old bike or tinker with the website you're building for fun. As a verb, tinker means to fix (or mess around with) just about anything.
tinker (with something) to make small changes to something in order to repair or improve it, especially in a way that may not be helpful. He’s in the garage tinkering with his bike. The password will prevent others from tinkering with your data.
tin·ker. (tĭng′kər) n. 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.
1. a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant. 2. an unskillful or clumsy worker; bungler. 3. a person skilled in various minor kinds of mechanical work; jack-of-all-trades. 4. an act or instance of tinkering. Let me have a tinker at that motor.
TINKER definition: to make small changes to something in order to improve or repair it: . Learn more.
Definitions of 'tinker'. 1. If you tinker with something, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to improve it or repair it. [...] 2. In former times, a tinker was a person who did not have a fixed home, but travelled from place to place mending metal pots and doing other small repair jobs. [...]
