n.
1.a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
2.an itinerant Gypsy
3.a traveling repairman who mends broken things (such as metal household utensils)
4.small mackerel found nearly worldwide tinker v.
1.do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
2.work as a tinker or tinkerer
3.try to fix or mend
Idiom of the Day
down on one's luck
to be unlucky, to have no money
The man was down on his luck and did not have a place to live.