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Words related to tinker

Related / Similar Words: chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus, mender, tinkerer, fiddle, putter, mess around, potter, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around

Definition:

small mackerel found nearly worldwide;

a traveling repairman who mends broken things (such as metal household utensils);

an itinerant Gypsy;

a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts;

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";

do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house";

work as a tinker or tinkerer;

Hyponyms: puddle

Member Meronyms: Scomber, genus Scomber

Derivational Morphology: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on, putter, mess around, potter, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, tinkerer, fiddler, putterer, potterer, mender

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