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1 tinker
'tiŋkə 1. noun(a person who travels around like a gypsy, mending kettles, pans etc.) kjeleflikker; kramkar; fant, tater2. verb(often with about or around) to fiddle, or work in an unskilled way, with machinery etc: He enjoys tinkering around (with car engines). flikke, lappe; fikle medIsubst. \/ˈtɪŋkə\/1) ( gammeldags) kjeleflikker, kannestøper (også overført)2) altmuligmann, tusenkunstner3) (britisk, hverdagslig) rakkerunge4) (britisk, irsk, mest nedsettende) tater, fant, sigøyner5) klønet forsøk (på å reparere noe), lappverkhave a tinker at klusse mednot give a tinker's damn\/cuss\/curse ( hverdagslig) gi blanke i, gi blaffen inot worth a tinker's damn\/cuss\/curse ( hverdagslig) ikke verdt fem flate øre, ikke verdt et rødt øreswear like a tinker banne så det lyserIIverb \/ˈtɪŋkə\/1) reparere, flikke (på), lappe (sammen), fikse på, mekke2) vandre omkring som kjeleflikker, arbeide som kjeleflikker3) pusle medtinker up reparere, flikke (på), lappe (sammen), fikse påtinker with fikle med
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fiddle around — phrasal verb fiddle around or fiddle about [intransitive] Word forms fiddle around : present tense I/you/we/they fiddle around he/she/it fiddles around present participle fiddling around past tense fiddled around past participle fiddled around 1) … English dictionary
fiddle around — (in BRIT, also use fiddle about) 1) PHRASAL VERB If you fiddle around or fiddle about with a machine, you do things to it to try and make it work. [V P with n] Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine. [Also V P] Syn: tinker 2)… … English dictionary
fiddle around — See: FOOL AROUND(3) … Dictionary of American idioms
fiddle around — See: FOOL AROUND(3) … Dictionary of American idioms
fiddle\ around — See: fool around(3) … Словарь американских идиом
fiddle around — tinker, do something in an unplanned way I tried fiddling around with the computer printer for awhile but it still won t work … Idioms and examples
fiddle around — … Useful english dictionary
fiddle around with something — … Useful english dictionary
fiddle — [fid′ l] n. [ME fithele < OE < VL * vitula < L vitulari, to rejoice: vi (< IE * woi , wi , outcry > OE wi, Gr ia) + ? base of tollere, to raise, exalt] 1. Informal any stringed instrument played with a bow, esp. the violin ☆ 2.… … English World dictionary
fiddle — fid|dle1 [ˈfıdl] n informal [Date: 1200 1300; : Medieval Latin; Origin: vitula instrument played at ceremonies ] 1.) a ↑violin 2.) BrE a dishonest way of getting money ▪ an insurance fiddle on the fiddle … Dictionary of contemporary English
fiddle — 1 noun (C) informal 1 BrE a dishonest way of getting money: a tax fiddle | be on the fiddle (=be getting money dishonestly or illegally): They suspected he was on the fiddle all along. 2 a violin 3 be a fiddle to be difficult to do and involve… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
