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" My personal mission has always been to empower people to be creative. But the Holy Grail of a tinkerer is to make something that makes something."
Bre Pettis

Meaning of "tinkerer" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF TINKERER

ˈtɪŋkərə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TINKERER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tinkerer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TINKERER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tinkerer

The Tinkerer, real name Phineas Mason and sometimes known as the Terrible Tinkerer, is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in comic books set in Marvel Comics. The character has an almost superhuman gift of genius in engineering, able to invent sophisticated gadgets from nothing more than spare parts left over from ordinary household appliances.

Definition of tinkerer in the English dictionary

The first definition of tinkerer in the dictionary is an unskilled person who tries to fix things. Other definition of tinkerer is a person who enjoys working with machines and their parts, esp in order to fix or improve them. Tinkerer is also a person who interferes with something and makes it worse.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TINKERER

Ankara · bickerer · Conqueror · hankerer · heuchera · lacquerer · picara · puckerer · Shankara · snickerer · succorer · succourer

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TINKERER

tingly · tinguaite · tinhorn · tinier · tiniest · tinily · tininess · tinker · tinker´s cuss · tinker´s damn · tinkering · tinkerman · tinkertoy · tinkle · tinkling · tinklingly · tinkly · tinlike · tinman · tinned

WORDS THAT END LIKE TINKERER

adulterer · answerer · axe-murderer · bletherer · caterer · considerer · discoverer · Federer · gatherer · hinderer · hunter-gatherer · murderer · natterer · offerer · renderer · sorcerer · sufferer · wanderer · whisperer · wonderer

Synonyms and antonyms of tinkerer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tinkerer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TINKERER

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The translations of tinkerer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tinkerer» in English.
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工匠
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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tinkerer
570 millions of speakers
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English

tinkerer
510 millions of speakers
hi

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tinkerer
380 millions of speakers
ar

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سمكري
280 millions of speakers
ru

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ремесленника
278 millions of speakers
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tinkerer
270 millions of speakers
bn

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tinkerer
260 millions of speakers
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bricoleur
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Tinkerer
190 millions of speakers
de

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Tüftler
180 millions of speakers
ja

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さまざまなものをいじっ
130 millions of speakers
ko

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땜장이
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Tinkerer
85 millions of speakers
vi

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thích tinh chỉnh
80 millions of speakers
ta

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tinkerer
75 millions of speakers
mr

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टॅंकरर
75 millions of speakers
tr

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tinkerer
70 millions of speakers
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riparatore
65 millions of speakers
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majsterkowiczem
50 millions of speakers
uk

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ремісника
40 millions of speakers
ro

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Tinkerer
30 millions of speakers
el

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μαστροχαλαστής
15 millions of speakers
af

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tinkerer
14 millions of speakers
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tinkerer
10 millions of speakers
no

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tinkerer
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tinkerer

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4 QUOTES WITH «TINKERER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tinkerer.
1
Leroy Chiao
Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature.
2
Francois Jacob
Evolution is a tinkerer.
3
Nick Park
My father, an architectural photographer, was an incurable tinkerer, maker and mender.
4
Bre Pettis
My personal mission has always been to empower people to be creative. But the Holy Grail of a tinkerer is to make something that makes something.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TINKERER»

Discover the use of tinkerer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tinkerer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The tinkerer's accomplice: how design emerges from life itself
Only when we add environmental physiology to natural selection can we begin to understand the beautiful fit between the form life takes and the way life works.
J. Scott Turner, 2009
2
Biology's First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and ...
Colloquial Complexity and the Tinkerer's Assistant. Jacob (1977) compared natural selection to a tinkerer. He argued that natural selection designs organisms, not as an inventor designs a machine, from scratch, but rather by tinkering with ...
Daniel W. McShea, Robert N. Brandon, 2010
3
Survival Strategies: Cooperation and Conflict in Animal ...
Evolution, the Eternal Tinkerer Pollution and Evolution Charles Darwin traveled as the ship's naturalist on H.M.S. Beagle from December 27, 1831, to October 2, 1836. This gave him an opportunity to observe a tremendous variety of animals ...
Raghavendra Gadagkar, 1997
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Tinkerer
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Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
5
The Operation of the Initiative: Referendum and Recall in Oregon
Tinkerer's scheme. Vote no. Nos. 332-333. Prohibition amendment. No explanation needed. Vote yes. Nos. 334-335. Abolishes death penalty. If murderers will stop murdering the death penalty will be automatically abolished. Leave it to them.
James Duff Barnett, 1915
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The Dynamic Genome: A Darwinian Approach
It works like a tinkerer—a tinkerer who does not know exactly what he is going to produce but uses whatever he finds around him whether it be pieces of string, fragments of wood, or old cardboards; in short it works like a tinkerer who uses ...
‎2011
7
Tinkering: Consumers Reinvent the Early Automobile
Chapter. 4. A. Tinkerer's. Story. Earl Silas Tupper represents one grass-roots inventor who embraced the prolific advice literature on the importance of individual inventors and the profitability of patents during the Great Depression.1 Tupper, ...
Kathleen Franz, 2011
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God Is!
For which diseases do theistic evolutionists praise their Little Tinkerer for: cancer, diabetes, Parkinson's, or the worms that feed in the stomachs of malnourished children? Each individual is certainly free to choose to worship and serve the ...
A. Arthur Pinno, 2011
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Scientific Discovery: Logic and Tinkering
According to the tinkerer's principle, scientific products are generated by situational contingencies. Knorr-Cetina describes the tinkerer's principle as it emerges from "laboratory studies." And the conclusion is that "similar problems tackled by ...
Aharon Kantorovich, 1993
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The Logic of Chance: The Nature and Origin of Biological ...
Driving primarily from the results of comparative analysis of developmental mechanisms, Jacob posited that evolution acts not as an engineer or designer, but rather as a tinkerer that is heavily dependent on previous contingencies for solving ...
Eugene V. Koonin, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TINKERER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tinkerer is used in the context of the following news items.
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Becoming a 21st Century Digital Tinkerer
Two small robots made from a CD, toothbrush bristles and motors sit on a classroom table at the Reuseum, a technology education and recycling center in Boise ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Like Franklin, tinkerer Kelly hopes to catch lightning as Eagles …
Some may doubt the wisdom of Chip Kelly's ways, but the Eagles' head coach knows Ben Franklin had his critics as well. DAVE MAIALETTI — THE ... «The Delaware County Daily Times, Jul 15»
3
Tinkerer creates coin for Hanks' spy thriller
An engineer, inventor and general tinkerer, Lebeda has become a go-to prop-master for odd objects needed by the film industry. This hollow nickel was created ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»
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'Besides bugging The Observer, my Dad was a tinkerer'
"Besides bugging The Observer, my dad was a tinkerer," Ms Maloney laughed. "He once told me that his microwave was broken so instead of buying a new one, ... «Gladstone Observer, Jun 15»
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A tinkerer just like his grandfather, Sam Saunders qualifies for Open …
Professional golfers are used to having the ability to change equipment at a tour event, as equipment vans and tour reps are waiting to address any need. «GolfDigest.com, Jun 15»
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Lifelong tinkerer, 80, parting with the micro cars he restored
Blosser, a lifelong tinkerer who built his own house, has never made a habit of leaving projects undone. Yet the prostate cancer diagnosed almost 20 years ago ... «Columbus Dispatch, May 15»
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The Assassin: the work of an obsessive tinkerer | Cannes Review
Years in the making, this is the work of an obsessive tinkerer driven by aesthetic purity. That is both the film's strength and its occasional weakness. «Irish Times, May 15»
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Marvell CEO: The Tinkerer at The Top
MADISON, Wisc. — How many CEOs in the semiconductor industry today are so possessed with their inner technology questions that they actually spend ... «EE Times, Mar 15»
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Benicia group brings out the electronic tinkerer in all of us
BENICIA -- If Benicia Makerspace President Aaron Newcomb had his way, more people would be taking apart their electronics and learning how they work. «Contra Costa Times, Feb 15»
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Chicago tech companies increasingly on the lookout for the tinkerer
Pritzker likes to hire employees who have the qualities of a tinkerer. They are passionate, unabashed geeks with creative side-projects. Pritzker likes to hire ... «Chicago Tribune, Feb 15»
REFERENCE
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