how to pronounce tinker

/ˈtɪŋ.kəɹ/

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tinker is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of tinker in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… to do more than tinker around the edges …”

meaning of tinker

Tinker is a person who makes or repairs things with small tools.

tinker frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word tinker occurs in english on average 1.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tinker can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tinker can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;