Mechanic

Definitions

1. A surname
2. A manual worker; a labourer or artisan.
   historical
3. A surname.
4. 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.
5. A device, method or means; a function.
6. A function, rule or other implementation that dictates gameplay; a ludeme, a feature.
7. A hitman.
   slang
8. A cheat who manipulates the cards or dice.

Equivalents

44 more languages

العربيةالميكانيكيميكانيكي

Българскимеханик

বাংলাকারিগরযান্ত্রিক

Bosanskimehaničarмеханичар

Catalàmecànic

Češtinamechanik

Danskmekaniker

Ελληνικάμηχανικόςμηχανοτεχνίτης

Esperantomaŝinistomeĥaniko

Eestimehaanik

Suomiautonasentajahuoltomieskoneasentajamekaanikko+ 1 more

Gàidhliginnleadairmeacanaig

Galegomecánico

हिन्दीमिस्त्री

Hrvatskimehaničarмеханичар

Magyargépészműszerészszerelő

Bahasa Indonesiamekanikmontirtukang mesin

Íslenskavélvirki

Italianomeccanicameccanico

日本語メカニック修理工自動車整備士

ქართულიმექანიკოსი

ភាសាខ្មែរជាងម៉ាស៊ីន

한국어기계공정비공

Kurdîmekanîk

Latinamechanicus

Lietuviųmechanikas

Latviešumehāniķemehāniķis

Македонскимеханичармеханичарка

Bahasa Melayumekanik

မြန်မာစက်ဆရာ

Nederlandsmecanicienwerktuigkundige

Polskimechanik

Portuguêsmecânicamecânico

Românămecanicmecanică

Русскиймеханик

සිංහලකඹුරා

Српскиmehaničarмеханичар

Svenskamekaniker

Kiswahilimakanika

ไทยช่างเครื่อง

Tagalogmekaniko

Türkçeçarkçımakinecimekanikçi

Українськамеханік

Tiếng Việtcơ năngthợ may

Examples

“His noble earnestness, his fidelity, his gallant shielding of her, his generous conquest of his own⟳ wrong and his own⟳ pride for her sake, are simply honourable, manly, and true. Nothing less worthy can be seen through the lustre of such qualities in the commonest mechanic, nothing less worthy can be seen in the best-born gentleman.”

“The lower orders were freer than they had ever been – free […] to choose⟳ their own⟳ lay⟳ preachers, mechanics like⟳ the rest⟳ of the congregation.”

“This game has a mechanic where if you run⟳ toward a ledge you automatically jump⟳ off rather than just falling.”

“And from then on, his bag was silence. Silence and killing. Overnight he became the best grunt we had, a real killer, a mechanic.”

“I can do other things beside burglarizing. I'm a first-class crap dealer, I'm a pretty good card mechanic, pretty good dice mechanic.”

“It was so obvious. I mean⟳, all of Nicky's half-assed mechanics, they were real signal happy.”

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