to tinker

English - Turkish

Definition of to tinker in English Turkish dictionary

{f} (tamirci olmayan biri) bir şeyi tamir etmeye çalışmak; bir şeyi düzeltmeye çalışmak

kabaca tamir etmek

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) kolyos

kurcalamak

oynamak

tamir etmek

(with ile) kurcalamak

{i} lehimci

{f} tamir et

{f} üstünkörü tamir etmek

{i} tenekeci

{f} denemeler yaparak bir

tamirci tamircilik

{i} (gezici) tenekeci

{i} tamirci (kötü)

(fiil) üstünkörü tamir etmek

{i} tamircilik

English - English

Definition of to tinker in English English dictionary

A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster

A member of the travelling community. A gypsy

to work as a tinker

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

Someone who repairs, or attempts repair on anything mechanical (tinkers) or invents

The act of repair or invention

potchky

{n} a mender of kettles or pans

a northern English occupational surname for someone who mends pots and pans

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

A young mackerel about two years old

an itinerant Gypsy

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

set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"

The razor-billed auk

The chub mackerel

To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend

{i} mender of pots pans and other household utensils; one skilled in various mechanical jobs, jack of all trades; bungler

A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware

to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works

A small mortar on the end of a staff

If you tinker with something, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to improve it or repair it. Instead of the Government admitting its error, it just tinkered with the problem It is not enough to tinker at the edges; our objective must be to reconstruct the entire system. + tinkering tink·er·ing No amount of tinkering is going to improve matters. to make small changes to something in order to repair it or make it work better tinker with

work as a tinker or tinkerer

One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work

an itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of tin

set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" work as a tinker or tinkerer

A skate

a peddler who sold tin ware like pots or tin dippers

{f} patch, fix a household utensil

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

To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc

small mackerel found nearly worldwide

itinerant mender of kettles and pans

The silversides

Molecular modeling, mechanics, and dynamics programs

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"

Hyphenation

to tink·er

Turkish pronunciation

tı tîngkır

Pronunciation

/tə ˈtəɴɢkər/ /tə ˈtɪŋkɜr/