TINKER
\tˈɪŋkə], \tˈɪŋkə], \t_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_ə]\
Definitions of TINKER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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small mackerel found nearly worldwide
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a traveling repairman who mends broken things (such as metal household utensils)
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do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
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an itinerant Gypsy
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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"
By Princeton University
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small mackerel found nearly worldwide
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a traveling repairman who mends broken things (such as metal household utensils)
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do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The silversides.
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A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.
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One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
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A small mortar on the end of a staff.
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A young mackerel about two years old.
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A skate.
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The razor-billed auk.
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To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.
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To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.
By Oddity Software
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The silversides.
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A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.
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One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
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A small mortar on the end of a staff.
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A young mackerel about two years old.
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A skate.
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The razor-billed auk.
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To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.
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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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The chub mackerel.
By Noah Webster.
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A mender of metal pots, kettles, etc.
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To mend in a bungling way; to patch up.
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To mend metal ware; to work at anything in a bungling or careless manner.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman