Tinker /(?)/

1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.
2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
3. A small mortar on the end of a staff. (Ordnance)
4. A young mackerel about two years old. (Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]
5. The razor-billed auk. (Zool.)

imp. & p. p. Tinkered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkering

1. To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.

1. To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.