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How to pronounce “tinker”
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Pronunciation guide for tinker
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of tinker with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Future of Invention
When I was a child, I used to tinker.
- Definition summary
- An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
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How to pronounce tinker
The Future of Invention
When I was a child, I used to tinker.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “tinker”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
- (dated, chiefly British and Ireland, offensive) A member of the Irish Traveller community or of other itinerant groups; a gypsy.
- (usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
- Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
- (informal) An act of repair or invention.
- (military, obsolete) A hand mortar.
- Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.
- A razor-billed auk, a bird of species (Alca torda).
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To work as a tinker.
- (ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
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