tinker

tinker
1. noun
Kesselflicker, der
2. intransitive verb

tinker with something — an etwas (Dat.) herumbasteln (ugs.)/(incompetently; also fig.) herumpfuschen (ugs.)

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['tiŋkə] 1. noun
(a person who travels around like a gypsy, mending kettles, pans etc.) der/die Kesselflicker(in)
2. verb
(often with about or around) to fiddle, or work in an unskilled way, with machinery etc: He enjoys tinkering around (with car engines). herumbasteln
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tink·er
[ˈtɪŋkəʳ, AM -ɚ]
I. n
1. (attempt to repair) Tüftelei f
to have a \tinker with sth an etw dat herumbasteln
2. (repairman) wandernder Kesselflicker hist; BRIT (pej: gypsy) Zigeuner(in) m(f)
3. BRIT (fam: mischievous person) kleiner Stromer/kleine Stromerin, Bosnigl m ÖSTERR pej
4.
to not give a \tinker's damn [or BRIT also cuss] about sb/sth sich akk einen Kehricht [o SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR bes Dreck] um jdn/etw scheren fam
II. vi
to \tinker [about [or around]] [with [or on] sth] [an etw dat] herumbasteln, herumpfuschen pej fam
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['tɪŋkə(r)]
1. n (Brit pej)
Kesselflicker m

you little tinker! (inf)du kleiner Stromer or Zigeuner! (neg!)

not to give a tinker's curse or cuss or damn about sb/sth (inf) — sich einen feuchten Kehricht um jdn/etw scheren (inf)

not to be worth a tinker's curse or cuss or damn (inf) — keinen Pfifferling wert sein (inf); (person) keinen Schuss Pulver wert sein (inf)

2. vi
1) herumbasteln (with, on an +dat)
2)

(unskilfully) to tinker with sth — an etw (dat) herumpfuschen

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tinker [ˈtıŋkə(r)]
A s
1. besonders HIST (wandernder) Kesselflicker:
not worth a tinker’s damn (Br cuss, curse) umg keinen Pfifferling wert, (Person) keinen Schuss Pulver wert;
not give a tinker’s damn (Br cuss, curse) umg sich einen Dreck darum kümmern
2. a) Bastler(in) (auch fig)
b) pej Pfuscher(in), Stümper(in)
3. Br umg Racker m, Schlingel m
4. a) Bastelei f
b) pej Pfuscherei f, Stümperei f:
have a tinker at herumbasteln (a. fig) oder herumpfuschen an (dat)
5. FISCH
a) junge Makrele
b) Pazifikmakrele f
B v/i (with an dat)
a) herumbasteln
b) pej herumpfuschen
C v/t
1. Löcher in Töpfen etc verlöten
2. auch tinker up
a) zusammenbasteln (a. fig),
b) pej zurechtpfuschen
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1. noun
Kesselflicker, der
2. intransitive verb

tinker with something — an etwas (Dat.) herumbasteln (ugs.)/(incompetently; also fig.) herumpfuschen (ugs.)

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v.
basteln v.
flicken v.

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