Scrabble Points: | Base[10] | DW[20] | TW[30]
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noun |
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. |
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verb-intransitive |
1. To work as a tinker. |
2. To make unskilled or experimental efforts at repair; fiddle: tinkered with the engine, hoping to discover the trouble; tinkering with the economy by trying various fiscal policies. |
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verb-transitive |
1. To mend as a tinker. |
2. To manipulate unskillfully or experimentally. |
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| Example Sentence with tinker |
| To many people, guns are like cars before cars were operated by 18 computers; the urge to tinker is irresistible. |
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