Tinkername

• 1

  A northern English surname originating as an occupation for someone who mends pots and pans.

tinkernoun/ˈtɪŋkə/

• 1

  An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.

  • The blacksmith chased us all to ground They searched all night we were never found The tinker boys and the sheriff's men Shaking the tallest tree.
• 2

  offensivedatedA member of the Irish Traveller community or of other itinerant groups; a gypsy.

• 3

  A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.

• 4

  Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.

• 5

  informalAn act of repair or invention.

  • I'll have a tinker and see what I can do.
• 6

  obsoletegovernmentmilitarypoliticsA hand mortar.

• 7

  Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.

• 8

  A razor-billed auk, a bird of species (Alca torda).

tinkerverb/ˈtɪŋkə/

• 1

  To work as a tinker.

• 2

  To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

  • the broken bureau-lock and tinkered window-pane
  • As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.