tinker
tinker is a 6-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.
- noun. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
- noun. A small mortar on the end of a staff.
- noun. A young mackerel about two years old.
- noun. The chub mackerel.
- noun. The silversides.
- noun. A skate.
- noun. The razor-billed auk.
- transitive verb. To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.
- intransitive verb. To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.
- noun. small mackerel found nearly worldwide
- noun. 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
- noun. a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
- verb. 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"
- verb. do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
"The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
- verb. work as a tinker or tinkerer
Synonyms
tinkerer, fiddle, monkey, potter, putter
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tinker:
Common word forms
tinkers, tinkered, tinkerer, tinkerly, tinkering
Words from these letters
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