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Noun

S: (n) tinker (tinker%1:18:02::), tinkerer (tinkerer%1:18:02::) (a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
derivationally related form

S: (n) tinker (tinker%1:18:01::) (formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living)
S: (n) chub mackerel (chub_mackerel%1:05:00::), tinker (tinker%1:05:00::), Scomber japonicus (scomber_japonicus%1:05:00::) (small mackerel found nearly worldwide)

Verb

S: (v) putter (putter%2:35:01::), mess around (mess_around%2:35:00::), potter (potter%2:35:01::), tinker (tinker%2:35:00::), monkey (monkey%2:35:00::), monkey around (monkey_around%2:35:00::), muck about (muck_about%2:35:00::), muck around (muck_around%2:35:00::) (do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly) "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
S: (v) tinker (tinker%2:41:00::) (work as a tinker or tinkerer)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (v) work (work%2:41:00::), do work (do_work%2:41:00::) (be employed) "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"

S: (v) serve (serve%2:33:00::) (do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function) "He served as head of the department for three years"; "She served in Congress for two terms"
S: (v) bank (bank%2:40:01::) (be in the banking business)
S: (v) fill (fill%2:41:00::), take (take%2:41:00::), occupy (occupy%2:41:04::) (assume, as of positions or roles) "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
S: (v) drive (drive%2:41:13::) (work as a driver) "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"
S: (v) tinker (tinker%2:41:00::) (work as a tinker or tinkerer)
S: (v) serve (serve%2:41:13::) (do military service) "She served in Vietnam"; "My sons never served, because they are short-sighted"
S: (v) fink (fink%2:41:00::), scab (scab%2:41:00::), rat (rat%2:41:01::), blackleg (blackleg%2:41:00::) (take the place of work of someone on strike)
S: (v) labor (labor%2:41:00::), labour (labour%2:41:00::), toil (toil%2:41:00::), fag (fag%2:41:00::), travail (travail%2:41:00::), grind (grind%2:41:00::), drudge (drudge%2:41:00::), dig (dig%2:41:00::), moil (moil%2:41:00::) (work hard) "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
S: (v) farm (farm%2:41:00::) (be a farmer; work as a farmer) "My son is farming in California"
S: (v) moonlight (moonlight%2:41:00::) (work a second job, usually after hours) "The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver"
S: (v) job (job%2:41:00::) (work occasionally) "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"
S: (v) man (man%2:41:00::) (take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place) "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"
S: (v) slave (slave%2:41:00::), break one's back (break_one's_back%2:41:00::), buckle down (buckle_down%2:41:00::), knuckle down (knuckle_down%2:41:00::) (work very hard, like a slave)
S: (v) subcontract (subcontract%2:41:00::) (work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract)
S: (v) turn a trick (turn_a_trick%2:41:00::) (have a customer, of a prostitute)
S: (v) freelance (freelance%2:41:00::) (work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer)

sentence frame

S: (v) tinker (tinker%2:30:00::), fiddle (fiddle%2:30:00::) (try to fix or mend) "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"