Found 2 items, similar to tinker.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tinker tinker n 1: a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts [syn: tinkerer] 2: an itinerant Gypsy 3: a traveling repairman who mends broken things (such as metal household utensils) [syn: mender, tinkerer] 4: small mackerel found nearly worldwide [syn: chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus] tinker v 1: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; “The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house” [syn: putter, mess around, potter, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around] 2: work as a tinker or tinkerer 3: 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” [syn: fiddle]
English → English (gcide) Definition: tinker Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinid[ae], having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata ) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt , friar, tailor, and tinker. [1913 Webster] Brook silversides (Zo["o]l.), a small fresh-water North American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides. [1913 Webster]