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— English words —

• tinker n. An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
• tinker n. (Dated, chiefly Britain and Ireland, offensive) A member of the Irish Traveller community or of other…
• tinker n. (Usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
• tinker n. Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who…
• tinker n. The act of repair or invention. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• tinker n. (Military, obsolete) A hand mortar.
• tinker n. Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.
• tinker n. A bird, the razor-billed auk.
• tinker v. (Intransitive) To work as a tinker.
• tinker v. (Transitive, intransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially…
• Tinker prop.n. A northern English surname originating as an occupation for someone who mends pots and pans.

— English words, defined in French —

• tinker v. Bricoler.
• tinker n. Rétameur : ouvrier qui répare dans les objets en étain.
• tinker n. Cheval semi-lourd, le plus souvent à robe pie.
• Tinker n.prop. Membre de la communauté des gens du voyage irlandais ou d’origine irlandaise.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• tinker v. Juguetear.
• tinker v. Trastear.
• tinker v. Remendar.
• tinker v. Apañar.
• tinker s. Hojalatero.
• tinker s. Gitano.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• tinker s. Metalúrgico itinerante.
• tinker v. Mexer em algo para tentar reparar um defeito.

— In French —

• tinker v. (Québec) (Anglicisme) (Familier) Faire le plein d’essence.
• tinker v. (Sens figuré) (Par extension) Boire de l’alcool exagérément…

91 English words from 11 English definitions

about act add and Any anything attempt attempts auk billed bird Britain Britain␣and␣Ireland Can chiefly chub chub␣mackerel community Dated devices English especially example fiddle fiddle␣with fish fix for for␣someone hand household impish improve intransitive invention invents Ireland Irish Irish␣Traveller itinerant little mackerel made made␣of mechanical member mend mender mends metal Military mischievous mortar northern obsolete occupation offensive old one originating other pans person playful pots razor repair repairs sense silverside skate someone something such surname the this tinker tinsmith Transitive Traveller two Usually utensils various who with work years young youngster

22 English words from 14 foreign definitions

alcool algo Cheval dans des essence extension Faire gens les Membre objets ouvrier Par para pie plus Québec robe semi Sens voyage

36 foreign words from 14 foreign definitions

Anglicisme Apañar Boire Bricoler communauté dans␣les defeito de␣la d’origine étain exagérément Faire␣le␣plein Familier figuré gens␣du␣voyage Gitano irlandais irlandaise itinerante Juguetear lourd Metalúrgico Mexer origine Par␣extension plein plus␣souvent qui Remendar reparar répare Rétameur Sens␣figuré souvent tentar Trastear

24 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

tinkers tinkered tinkerer tinkerly tinkerers tinkering Tinkerbell tinkerbird tinkerings tinkerlike tinker's␣dam tinkersome Tinkerbells tinkerbirds tinker's␣cuss tinker's␣damn tinker's␣darn tinker's␣fart tinker's␣toot tinker's␣curse tinker,␣tailor tinkerbell␣fairyfly Tinker␣to␣Evans␣to␣Chance Tinker␣to␣Evers␣to␣Chance

12 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

stinkers retinkers shtinkers stinkeroo retinkered stinkerdom stinkeroos untinkered retinkering give␣a␣tinker's␣cuss give␣a␣tinker's␣damn not␣worth␣a␣tinker's␣curse

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

stinker retinker shtinker

8 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ink inke inker Ker ker- tin TIN tink

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

knit nit reknit

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Kinter reknit

34 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Inkster intaker Katrine keratin kernite Kineret kinterm Kinters Kintner Kintore Kintyre Kirsten Kistner knitter Knitter kornite kreatin Kristen Pitkern reknits rethink rinkite skinter stinker striken tankier thinker Tickner tinkers tinkler Tinkler trinket trinkle Trinkle

31 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Ikner inert inker inter Inter inter- Irken Keirn Kerin Kiner -kiren kiter Krein nerik niter nitre n-tier reink rekit -retin -retin- Rinke riten. terin Terni Tiner trike Trike trine Trine trink

23 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

dinker jinker kinker linker Linker oinker pinker rinker Rinker sinker tanker ticker tinder Tinder tinger tinier tinked tinner Tinner tinter Tunker winker Winker

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

inker Tiner

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

thinker tinkler Tinkler

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