American English pronunciation
How to pronounce tinker
IPA transcription: ['tɪŋkɚ]
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Noun
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a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
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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
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small mackerel found nearly worldwide
Verb
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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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work as a tinker or tinkerer
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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”
Usage examples
- Bandit and Tinker escape and shed their armor.
- I often wish you weren't such a stinker.
- I often wish you weren't such a stinker.
- The title and lyrics are a play on the popular counting game Tinker, Tailor.
- "Tinkers Pond" is situated at the bottom of Woodstock Road.
- It was the act of a hound and a stinker.
- It has a nickname "stinker" because mature males have a distinctive curry-like odour.
- In both "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Smiley's People" Reid played Connie Sachs.
- In both "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Smiley's People" Reid played Connie Sachs.
- I often wish you weren't such a stinker.