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Tinker

ˈtɪŋkə

Tinker definitions
noun
tinker tinkers
  1. (especially in former times) a person who makes a living by travelling from place to place mending pans and other metal utensils
    • a Traveller, Romani, or other person living in an itinerant community
  2. a mischievous child

    "little tinkers, we were"

    mischievous child imp monkey Puck rascal rogue minx mischief-maker prankster
  3. an act of attempting to repair something
verb
tinker tinkered tinkering tinkers
  1. attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way

    "he spent hours tinkering with the car"

    try to mend/improve work amateurishly on fiddle with play (about) with play (around) with toy with trifle with dally with dabble with potter about with fool about with fool around with