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tinker with something

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  • fuck with something — v. tinker or play with something …   English slang

  • tinker — [[t]tɪ̱ŋkə(r)[/t]] tinkers, tinkering, tinkered 1) VERB If you tinker with something, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to improve it or repair it. [V with n] Instead of the Government admitting its error, it just tinkered with the …   English dictionary

  • tinker — ► NOUN 1) a travelling mender of pots, kettles, etc. 2) Brit., chiefly derogatory a gypsy or other person living in a travelling community. 3) Brit. informal a mischievous child. 4) an act of tinkering with something. ► VERB (tinker with) ▪… …   English terms dictionary

  • tinker — I UK [ˈtɪŋkə(r)] / US [ˈtɪŋkər] verb [intransitive] Word forms tinker : present tense I/you/we/they tinker he/she/it tinkers present participle tinkering past tense tinkered past participle tinkered tinker or tinker around to make small changes… …   English dictionary

  • tinker — tin|ker1 [ˈtıŋkə US ər] v to make small changes to something in order to repair it or make it work better tinker with ▪ Congress has been tinkering with the legislation. tinker around with sth ▪ Dad was always tinkering around with engines.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tinker — tin|ker1 [ tıŋkər ] verb intransitive tinker or tinker around to make small changes to something in order to improve or repair it: tinker with: He spends hours tinkering around with car engines. Problems can arise when management structures are… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • tinker — noun 1》 an itinerant mender of pots, kettles, etc. 2》 Brit., chiefly derogatory a Gypsy or other person living in an itinerant community. 3》 Brit. informal a mischievous child. 4》 an act of tinkering with something. verb (tinker with) attempt in… …   English new terms dictionary

  • tinker — I. noun Etymology: Middle English tinkere Date: 14th century 1. a. a usually itinerant mender of household utensils b. an unskillful mender ; bungler 2. chiefly Irish gypsy II. verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tinker — 1. noun /tɪŋkə(ɹ)/ a) an itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of tin b) A member of the travelling community. A gypsy. Syn: rapscallion …   Wiktionary

  • tinker's damn — or tinker s dam n. [< TINKER + DAMN: with reference to the lowly status and reputed profane speech of tinkers] something of no value: now chiefly in the phrase not worth a tinker s damn …   English World dictionary

  • tinker — (n.) mender of kettles, pots, pans, etc., mid 13c. (as a surname), of uncertain origin. Some connect the word with the sound made by light hammering on metal. The verb meaning to keep busy in a useless way is first found 1650s. Tinker s damn… …   Etymology dictionary

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