Übersetzungen für „tinker“ im Englisch » Deutsch-Wörterbuch

I . tink·er [ˈtɪŋkəʳ, Am -ɚ] SUBST

1. tinker (attempt to repair):

to have a tinker with sth

an etw Dat herumbasteln

2. tinker Brit abw:

tinker (repairman)

wandernder Kesselflicker hist

tinker (Romany)

Zigeuner(in) m (f) abw

3. tinker Brit ugs (mischievous person):

tinker

kleiner Stromer/kleine Stromerin

tinker

Bosnigl m A abw

Wendungen:

to not give a tinker's damn [or Brit also cuss] about sb/sth

sich Akk einen Kehricht [o. CH, A esp Dreck] um jdn/etw scheren ugs

II . tink·er [ˈtɪŋkəʳ, Am -ɚ] VERB intr

to tinker [about [or around]] [with [or on] sth]

[an etw Dat] herumbasteln

to tinker [about [or around]] [with [or on] sth]

herumpfuschen abw ugs

Beispiele aus dem PONS Wörterbuch (redaktionell geprüft)

wandering minstrel/tinker

fahrender Sänger/Kesselflicker

to not give a [tinker's] cuss Brit

keinen Pfifferling drauf geben ugs

to have a tinker with sth

an etw Dat herumbasteln

to tinker [about [or around]] [with [or on] sth]

[an etw Dat] herumbasteln

I don't give a tinker's cuss what she thinks

es ist mir völlig schnuppe, was sie denkt ugs

to not give a tinker's damn [or Brit also cuss] about sb/sth

sich Akk einen Kehricht [o. CH, A esp Dreck] um jdn/etw scheren ugs

Einsprachige Beispiele (nicht von der PONS Redaktion geprüft)

Englisch

The year was 1998 and once again they began to tinker with the board.

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Tinker gnome civilizations are divided into guilds, who each research and develop a different technological field.

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The remaining permanent solder repair would then be rasped and smoothed down by the tinker.

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Furthermore, their intense curiosity means they must be given a steady supply of objects to tinker with, chew, dismantle and destroy.

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She tries to learn various other skills before finally accepting, with the help of her friends, that she truly is a tinker.

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Tinker is clever but a bit superficial and virtually everything he does is part of some joke or prank.

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