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
put (someone) on a pedestal
to respect or admire or worship a person
My father used to put my mother on a pedestal when I was young.