noun

1. a usually itinerant person who mends pots, pans, etc.
2. Chiefly Irish, Chiefly Scot. Gypsy ()
3. a person who can make all kinds of minor repairs; jack-of-all-trades
4. a clumsy or unskillful worker; bungler
5. ☆ a young mackerel

Etymology: ME tinkere < ? or akin to tinken, to make a tinkling sound

intransitive verb

1. to work as a tinker
2. to make clumsy or tentative attempts to mend or repair something
3. to fuss or putter aimlessly or uselessly

transitive verb