tinker /tingˈkər/

1. An itinerant mender of kettles, pans, etc
2. A botcher or bungler
3. A rascal (informal)
4. A member of a group of Travelling People, a Gypsy (esp Scot and Irish; derogatory)
5. A slight, temporary or unskilful patching-up

To repair, esp ineffectually

1. To do a tinker's work
2. (often with with) to potter, fiddle, meddle, in trivial, ineffectual ways

• crotchety
• crotch rocket
• croton
• Croton bug
• Croton bugs
• croton oil
• crotons
• crottle
• crottles
• crouch
• crouched
• Crouched-friars
• crouches
• crouching
• crouch-ware
• crouch-wares
• croup
• croupade
• croupades
• croupe
• crouped
• crouper
• croupers
• croupes
• croupier