mechanic
Meanings
Plural: mechanics
Noun
- a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
- someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles
- A manual worker; a labourer or artisan.
- Someone who builds or repairs machinery, a technician; now specifically, someone who works with and repairs the mechanical parts of a motor vehicle, aircraft or similar.
- A device, method or means; a function.
- A device, method or means; a function.
- A function, rule or other implementation that dictates gameplay; a ludeme, a feature.
- A hitman.
- A cheat who manipulates the cards or dice.
Adjective Satellite
- resembling the action of a machine; - Emily Dickenson
- "from blank to blank a threadless way I pushed mechanic feet"
Adj
- mechanical; relating to mechanics or the laws of motion in physics
- mechanical; precise but lifeless, as if performed by machine
- Of or relating to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar; base.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English mekanyk (“mechanical”), from Old French mecanique, from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines or mechanics, inventive”), from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”); see machine.
Synonyms
auto-mechanic, automobile mechanic, car-mechanic, grease monkey, machinist, shop mechanic
Scrabble Score: 17
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