2syllables
tinker
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Definitions oftinker
1noun
- An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
- A member of the Irish Traveller community. A gypsy.
- (usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
- Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
- The act of repair or invention.
- A hand mortar.
- Any of various fish: the chub mackerel, the silverside, the skate, or a young mackerel about two years old.
- A bird, the razor-billed auk.
1verb
- To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
- To work as a tinker.
- To tinker with; to tweak or attempt to fix.
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