Definitions for mechanic

mechanic me·chan·ic

Spelling: [muh-kan-ik]
IPA: /məˈkæn ɪk/

Mechanic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 226 anagrams from letters in mechanic (accehimn).

Definitions for mechanic

noun

  1. a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.:
  2. a worker who is skilled in the use of tools, machines, equipment, etc.
  3. Slang. a person skilled in the dishonest handling of cards, dice, or other objects used in games of chance.

Origin of mechanic

1350-1400; Middle English: mechanical Latin mēchanicus Greek mēchanikós, equivalent to mēchan(ḗ) machine + -ikos -ic

Examples for mechanic

The mechanic who works at the bench may possess it, as well as the clergyman or the peer.

It plugs into the same port that a mechanic uses to check the computer, and it works on most cars made after 1996.

But as the mechanic pointed out, the illegal drugs could just as easily have been weapons or explosives.

A translator working with The Daily Beast said he brings his vehicle into the mechanic every two weeks to fix the suspension.

Stan saw at once that the mechanic had been trying to fit the machinery together.

But the Highlander had resources in these seasons which the mechanic has not.

She hopes to become a mechanic or a driver for an NGO, many of which, she says, prefer to hire women over men.

No mechanic has a set of customers so trustworthy as God and the elements.

In a moment more he returned with a small man in a mechanic's blouse.

“I just had dreamed of becoming a mechanic one day,” she says.

Word Value for mechanic
Scrable

17

Words with friends

20

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