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What does tinker mean?

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Noun
  1. An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of tin.
  2. (offensive) A member of the Irish Traveller community. A gypsy.
  3. (usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
  4. Someone who repairs, or attempts repair on anything mechanical or who invents (someone who tinkers); a tinkerer.
  5. The act of repair or invention.
  6. (military, obsolete) A hand mortar.
  7. Any of various fish: the chub mackerel, the silverside, the skate, or a young mackerel about two years old.
  8. A bird, the razor-billed auk.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
  2. (intransitive) To work as a tinker.
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