tinker

tinker
tinker [{{t}}'tɪŋkə(r)]
1 noun
(a) (pot mender) rétameur m (ambulant); (gipsy) romanichel(elle) m,f;
∎ {{}}familiar{{}} I don't give a tinker's cuss or {{}}British{{}} damn! je m'en fiche comme de ma première chemise!;
∎ {{}}familiar{{}} it's not worth a tinker's cuss ça vaut des clopinettes;
∎ tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor… (child's rhyme) = comptine pour découvrir quel genre d'homme on épousera ou ce qu'on fera comme métier plus tard
(b) {{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (child) voyou m, garnement m;
∎ you little tinker! petit garnement!
(c) (act of tinkering) bricolage m
2 intransitive verb
∎ to tinker about bricoler;
∎ he spends hours tinkering with that car il passe des heures à bricoler cette voiture;
∎ he's forever tinkering with the radio (fiddling with it) il n'arrête pas de tripoter la radio; (repairing it) il passe des heures à rafistoler le poste de radio;
∎ who's been tinkering with the thermostat? qui a touché au thermostat?;
∎ someone has tinkered with this report quelqu'un a trafiqué ce rapport;
∎ so far you've only been tinkering with the problem pour l'instant, tu n'as fait qu'effleurer le problème

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