Tinkerer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɪŋk.ɚ.ɚ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tinkerer is a noun meaning Agent noun of tinker; one who tinkers with things.
Meaning
Agent noun of tinker; one who tinkers with things.
More Meanings
- A meddler.
Example Sentences
Part of why both books dragged on so long is that Mr. Talese, who once worked for The New York Times, is a perfectionist, an obsessive tinkerer and rewriter, and also a famously meticulous reporter and researcher who spurns devices like composite characters and faked identities.
Make magazine, which celebrates “your right to tweak, hack and bend any technology to your own will,” has joined with the New York Hall of Science to gather more than 500 of the craftiest inventors, artists, technology enthusiasts, tinkerers and hobbyists to share their expertise.
Word Forms
- tinkerers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include toyer, inveterate, meddler, tamperer, fettler, intermeddler.
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