English-Thai Dictionary

tinker

N งาน บัดกรี  ngan-bad-kre

 

tinker

N ช่างบัดกรี  chang-bad-kre

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TINKER

n.A mender of brass kettles, pans and the like.

 

TINKERLY

adv. In the manner of a tinker.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TINKER

Tink "er, n. Etym: [From Tink, because the tinker's way of proclaiming his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his work he makes a tinkling noise. Johnson. ]

 

1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. "Tailors and tinkers." Piers Plowman.

 

2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.

 

3. (Ordnance )

 

Defn: A small mortar on the end of a staff.

 

4. (Zoöl.) (a ) A young mackerel about two years old. (b ) The chub mackerel. (c ) The silversides. (d ) A skate. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

5. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The razor-billed auk.

 

TINKER

Tink "er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkering. ]

 

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

 

TINKER

TINKER Tink "er, v. i.

 

Defn: To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc. ; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.

 

TINKERING

TINKERING Tink "er *ing, n.

 

Defn: The act or work of a tinker.

 

TINKERLY

TINKERLY Tink "er *ly, a.

 

Defn: After the manner of a tinker. [R.]

 

TINKERSHIRE; TINKLE

TINKERSHIRE; TINKLE Tink "er *shire, Tin "kle, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tinker

tin ker |ˈtiNGkər ˈtɪŋkər | ▶noun 1 (esp. in former times ) a person who travels from place to place mending metal utensils as a way of making a living. • a person who makes minor mechanical repairs, esp. on a variety of appliances and apparatuses, usually for a living. • Brit., chiefly derogatory a Gypsy or other person living in an itinerant community. 2 an act of attempting to repair something. ▶verb [ no obj. ] attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way, often to no useful effect: he spent hours tinkering with the car. • [ with obj. ] archaic attempt to mend (something ) in such a way. PHRASES not give a tinker's damn informal not care at all. DERIVATIVES tin ker er noun ORIGIN Middle English (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as a surname ): of unknown origin.

 

tinkerbird

tinker |bird ▶noun a small African barbet with a monotonous metallic call like a hammer striking an anvil, repeated for long periods. ●Genus Pogonulus, family Capitonidae: several species. Alternative name: tinker barbet.

 

Tinkertoy

Tin ker toy |ˈtiNGkərˌtoi ˈtɪŋkərˌtoɪ ˈtɪŋkərtɔɪ | ▶noun trademark a children's building toy consisting of pieces held together by pegs in holes.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tinker

tin ¦ker |ˈtɪŋkə | ▶noun 1 (especially in former times ) a person who makes a living by travelling from place to place mending pans and other metal utensils. • Brit., chiefly derogatory a Gypsy or other person living in an itinerant community. 2 Brit. informal a mischievous child. 3 an act of attempting to repair something. ▶verb [ no obj. ] attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way: he spent hours tinkering with the car. PHRASES not give a tinker's curse (or cuss or damn ) informal not care at all. DERIVATIVES tinkerer noun ORIGIN Middle English (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as a surname ): of unknown origin.

 

tinkerbird

tinker |bird ▶noun a small African barbet with a monotonous metallic call like a hammer striking an anvil, repeated for long periods. ●Genus Pogonulus, family Capitonidae: several species. Alternative name: tinker barbet.

 

Tinkertoy

Tin ker toy |ˈtiNGkərˌtoi ˈtɪŋkərˌtoɪ ˈtɪŋkərtɔɪ | ▶noun trademark a children's building toy consisting of pieces held together by pegs in holes.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tinker

tinker verb a mechanic was tinkering with the engine: fiddle with, adjust, fix, try to mend, play about with, fool with, futz with; tamper with, interfere with, mess about with, meddle with.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tinker

tinker verb he spent hours tinkering with the car | these proposals will do no more than tinker with the existing laws: try to mend /improve, work amateurishly on, fiddle with, play (about /around ) with, toy with, trifle with, dally with, dabble with, potter about with, fool about /around with; tamper with, interfere with, meddle with; tinker at /with the edges of, adjust slightly; informal mess about /around with, rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic; Brit. informal muck about /around with.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tinker

tin ker /tɪ́ŋkə r /名詞 1 C (巡回する )鋳 （い ） 掛け屋 ; 下手な職人 ; よろず屋, なんでも屋 .2 U 〖時にa ～〗(下手な )修繕, いじくり回し ▸ have a tinker at the radio set 修理しようとラジオをいじくり回す 3 C ｟アイル スコット ｠ジプシー ; 浮浪者 .4 C ｟くだけて ｠腕白な子供 .5 C 〘魚 〙サバの幼魚 .not g ì ve a t ì nker's d á mn [c ú rse, c ú ss ]｟くだけて ｠まったく …ない ▸ I don't give a tinker's damn (what you say ).(おまえが何を言おうと )私は少しもかまわない 動詞 自動詞 1 鋳掛け (屋 )をやる .2 «…を » 下手に修理する, いじくり回す «at , with » .3 時間を無為に過ごす (about, around ).他動詞 1 〈なべ かま 〉の鋳掛けをやる .2 …を下手 [一時しのぎ ]に修繕する .～er /-rə r /名詞