| stinker | (n) anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar) |
| tinker | (n) a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts, Syn. tinkerer |
| tinker | (n) 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 |
| tinker | (v) work as a tinker or tinkerer |
| tinker | (v) try to fix or mend, Syn. fiddle, Example: Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right; She always fiddles with her van on the weekend |
| tinkerer | (n) an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend, Syn. fiddler |
| chub mackerel | (n) small mackerel found nearly worldwide, Syn. tinker, Scomber japonicus |
| damn | (n) something of little value, Syn. tinker's damn, tinker's dam, darn, shucks, red cent, hoot, shit, Example: his promise is not worth a damn; not worth one red cent; not worth shucks |
| feverroot | (n) coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers, Syn. tinker's root, horse gentian, Triostium perfoliatum, wild coffee |
| lemon | (n) an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory, Syn. stinker |
| putter | (v) do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly, Syn. monkey, potter, muck around, tinker, muck about, monkey around, mess around, Example: The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house |
| rotter | (n) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible, Syn. so-and-so, lowlife, rat, skunk, scum bag, dirty dog, stinkpot, git, puke, stinker, bum, crumb, Example: only a rotter would do that; kill the rat; throw the bum out; you cowardly little pukes!; the British call a contemptible person a `git' |
| Stinker | n. 1. One who, or that which, stinks. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Zool.) Any one of the several species of large antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tinker | 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. “Tailors and tinkers.” Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Ordnance) A small mortar on the end of a staff. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Zool.) (a) A young mackerel about two years old. (b) The chub mackerel. (c) The silversides. (d) A skate. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Zool.) The razor-billed auk. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tinker | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tinkered p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkering. ] To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tinker | v. i. To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tinkering | n. The act or work of a tinker. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tinkerly | a. After the manner of a tinker. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tinkle | { , n. (Zool.) The common guillemot. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Tinkershire |
| いじり回す;弄り回す;弄りまわす | [いじりまわす, ijirimawasu] (v5s) to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up [Add to Longdo] |
| ティンカーズバタフライフィッシュ | [teinka-zubatafuraifisshu] (n) Hawaiian butterflyfish (Chaetodon tinkeri); Tinker's butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
| 機械馬鹿 | [きかいばか, kikaibaka] (n) skilled engineer (mechanic) who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical [Add to Longdo] |
| 手直し | [てなおし, tenaoshi] (n, vs) adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration; correction; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鋳掛け;鋳掛 | [いかけ, ikake] (n) (1) tinkering; mending pots, pans, kettles; (2) (arch) man and woman walking together; couple walking together [Add to Longdo] |
| 鋳掛け屋;鋳掛屋 | [いかけや, ikakeya] (n) a tinker; tinkerer [Add to Longdo] |
| 鋳掛け屋の天秤棒;鋳掛屋の天秤棒 | [いかけやのてんびんぼう, ikakeyanotenbinbou] (exp) (obsc) intrusive person; being intrusive; a tinker's shoulder pole [Add to Longdo] |
