tinker

About 1.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
2. noun A member of the Irish Traveller community or of other itinerant groups; a gypsy.
3. noun A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
4. noun Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
5. noun An act of repair or invention.

   I'll have a tinker and see what I can do.

6. noun A hand mortar.
7. noun Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.
8. noun A razor-billed auk, a bird of species (Alca torda).

Similar words

potter mender monkey muck around putter mess around monkey around chub mackerel scomber japonicus cloche

Often followed by

with and bell creek was toys in to toy

Word family

tinkered tinkerer tinkerers tinkering tinkers