tinker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tinker	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for tinker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tinker n a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts Synonym(s): tinker, tinkerer 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 small mackerel found nearly worldwide Synonym(s): chub mackerel, tinker, Scomber japonicus v do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house" Synonym(s): putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around work as a tinker or tinkerer 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" Synonym(s): tinker, fiddle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family {Atherinid[91]}, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast ({Menidia notata}) is very abundant. Called also {silverside}, {sand smelt}, {friar}, {tailor}, and {tinker}. {Brook silversides} (Zo[94]l.), a small fresh-water North American fish ({Labadesthes sicculus}) related to the marine silversides.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tinker \Tink"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinkered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinkering}.] To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tinker \Tink"er\, v. i. To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tinker \Tink"er\, n. [From {Tink}, because the tinker's way of proclaiming his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his work he makes a tinkling noise. Johnson.] 1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. [bd]Tailors and tinkers.[b8] --Piers Plowman. 2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work. 3. (Ordnance) A small mortar on the end of a staff. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A young mackerel about two years old. (b) The chub mackerel. (c) The silversides. (d) A skate. [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) The razor-billed auk.