Tinkertoy
Trademark.
1.
a brand of children’s building toy.
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- Tinker with
Try to repair, work aimlessly or unskillfully with, as in He tinkered with the engine all day but it still wouldn’t start. This idiom, first recorded in 1658, alludes to working as a tinker, that is, mending metal utensils.
- Tinkle
verb (used without object), tinkled, tinkling. 1. to give forth or make a succession of short, light, ringing sounds, as a small bell. 2. to run one’s fingers lightly over a keyboard instrument or to play such an instrument simply or badly. 3. Baby Talk. to urinate. verb (used with object), tinkled, tinkling. 4. to […]
- Tinkling
verb (used without object), tinkled, tinkling. 1. to give forth or make a succession of short, light, ringing sounds, as a small bell. 2. to run one’s fingers lightly over a keyboard instrument or to play such an instrument simply or badly. 3. Baby Talk. to urinate. verb (used with object), tinkled, tinkling. 4. to […]
- Tinkling ornaments
(Isa. 3:18), anklets of silver or gold, etc., such as are still used by women in Syria and the East.
- Tinkly
adjective, tinklier, tinkliest. 1. tinkling or producing a tinkling sound.