Definition of: tinker

(tingk′ər) noun
1. An itinerant mender of domestic tin utensils, as pots and pans.
2. Loosely, one who does repairing work of any kind; a jack–of–all–trades.
3. A clumsy workman; a botcher.
4. The act of roughly repairing; hasty workmanship.
5. A young mackerel about two years old.
6. The chub mackerel.
7. The razor–billed auk.
—v.i.
1. To work as a tinker.
2. To work in a clumsy, makeshift fashion on anything.
3. To potter; fuss.
—v.t.
4. To mend as a tinker.
5. To repair clumsily or inexpertly. [Var. of earlier tinekere a worker in tin]