Meaning

1 senses
  1. A meddler.

More definitions
  • an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
  • a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Evolution is a tinkerer and not an engineer.

    Еволюція — лудильник, а не інженер.

    deDie Evolution ist eine Bastlerin und keine Ingenieurin.

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Origin

From tinker + -er.

From tinker + -er.

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Forms

plural: tinkerers
Singulartinkerer
Pluraltinkerers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend:fiddler
  • a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts:tinker

Word family

1 related words
Relatedtinker

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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