| VERB | contact | tinker, putter, mess around, potter, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around | do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly |
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| social | tinker | work as a tinker or tinkerer | |
| change | tinker, fiddle | try to fix or mend | |
| NOUN | person | tinker, tinkerer | a person who enjoys / enjoys / enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts |
| person | tinker | formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living | |
| animal | tinker, chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus | small mackerel found nearly worldwide / worldwide |
| Sounds | tih'ngker | |
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| Rhymes | acre / Acre ... Zocor: 182 rhymes with ker... | |
| Meaning | A person who enjoys / enjoys / enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts. | |
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| Synonym | tinkerer | |
| Broader | experimenter | A person who enjoys / enjoys / enjoys testing innovative ideas |
| Verbs | tinker | do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly |
| Meaning | formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living. | |
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| Broader | itinerant, gypsy, gipsy | A laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment |
| Spanish | calderero | |
| Meaning | small mackerel found nearly worldwide / worldwide. | |
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| Synonyms | chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus | |
| Member of | Scomber, genus Scomber | type genus of the Scombridae |
| Broader | mackerel | Any of various fishes of the family Scombridae |
| Spanish | estornino | |
| Catalan | Scomber japonicus, verat d'ull gros | |
| Meaning | Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | putter, mess around, potter, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around | |
| Narrower | puddle | mess around, as in a liquid / liquid or paste |
| Broader | work | Exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity |
| Spanish | entretenerse | |
| Nouns | tinker, tinkerer | a person who enjoys / enjoys / enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts |
| tinkerer | an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend | |
| Meaning | Work as a tinker or tinkerer. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | work, do work | Be employed |
| Spanish | trabajar con latas | |
| Meaning | try to fix or mend. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right" | |
| Synonym | fiddle | |
| Broader | repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn / torn or broken |
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