Mechanic

Definition: Mechanic

Mechanic

Adjective

1. Resembling the action of a machine; "from blank to blank a threadless way I pushed mechanic feet"- Emily Dickenson.

Noun

1. A craftsman skilled in operating machine tools.

2. Someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "mechanic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Occupations

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Synonyms: Mechanic

Agent

Workman, artisan; craftsman, handicraftsman; mechanic, operative; working man; laboring man; demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy; hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack; mere tool; beast of burden, drudge, fag; lumper, roustabout.

Crosswords: Mechanic

I'm not a mechanic, Mr. Ironsides (Alien: Resurrection; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett)

For a mechanic, you seem to do an incessant amount of thinking (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

I can't keep these barges flying forever -- I'm a mechanic, not a magician (The Blue Max; writing credit: Jack Hunter; Ben Barzman)

Got a good crew: fighters, pilot, mechanic. We even picked up a preacher, and a bona fide companion (Firefly; writing credit: John Sullivan)

So, if you wanted to fix old cars you're supposed to be an auto mechanic. (Office Space; writing credit: Mike Judge)

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you a mechanic. (references; author: unknown)

The Mechanic (1972)

Unpopular Mechanic (1936)

Mechanic Lonesome Luke (1917)

From Kitchen Mechanic to Movie Star (1916)

The Kitchen Mechanic (1913)

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Books

• Aviation Mechanic Handbook (reference)

• Helpful Little Mechanic (reference)

• How to Keep Your Car Mechanic Honest (reference)

• Lucille's Car Care: Everything You Need to Know from Under the Hood-By America's Most Trusted Mechanic (reference)

• Saturday Mechanic Basic Car Care Guide (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Mechanic (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Ground- 5 Mechanic Convention (reference)

• Mechanic Manyeruke and the Puritans (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Apple M2706LLA 1-Button Desktop Mouse II ADB Mac Mechanic (reference)

• System Mechanic 3 (reference)

• System Mechanic 3 [DOWNLOAD] (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Figure 32. Enjalbal messenger, fabricated by Louis Enjalbal, a mechanic on the PRINCESS ALICE, in 1906. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 33. Riva messenger, fabricated by Paul Riva, the mechanic on the EIDER, a small research vessel operated by the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco in the early 1900's. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Aircraft generation equipment mechanic.

Architectural drawing for an exhibition building ("American Exhibition of Foreign Products, Arts, and Manufactures") for Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Perspective rendering. Credit: Library of Congress.

"The government has my whole family working on scientific progress. My husband is a jet plane mechanic, my son is a radar technician, and my brother makes rockets". Credit: Library of Congress.

Berlin's first and only woman auto mechanic / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Underwood & Underwood, Inc..

Betty Carstairs racing speedboat with Joe Harris, her mechanic as passenger. Credit: Library of Congress.

Foremen, Phoenix Fire Company and Mechanic Fire Company, Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress.

Palace of Mechanic Arts and lagoon at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. Aircraft. A master mechanic works over a Flying Fortress power plant at a big Western aircraft factory. Credit: Library of Congress.

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He was a tall man, half peasant, half mechanic.

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Business

While immobilizer and transponder keys have decreased the need to install additional anti-theft devices (a notable characteristic in Italy due to its average of one car theft per minute), there is a strong presence of alarm systems and anti-theft products, both electronic and mechanic due to the abundance of old cars. Potential thieves seeking a car to steal are thus more likely to concentrate on the older, unprotected cars rather than take a risk with the new ones. Owners of second-hand cars with low-grade immobilizers are increasingly installing higher-end systems. (references)

Economic History

Nicaragua

Other firms, such as the National Textile Manufacturing (FANATEX) and Metal Mechanic Company (EMENSA), were sold to workers to be paid for within twenty years. (references)

Nicaragua

In 2000, the National Assembly passed laws allowing the privatization of four state-owned companies: a cardboard manufacturer (CARTONICA), a textile company (FANATEX), a concrete product manufacturer (COPRENIC), and metal mechanic company (EMENSA); privatization bids for assigning those companies are still pending. (references)

Human Rights

Bangladesh

According to one human rights organization, on March 28, police in Jessore stormed the home of Mozahar, a welding mechanic, dragged him outside, beat him with rifle butts and sticks, and took him to the police station. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "mechanic": air mechanic ♦ aircraft maintenance mechanic ♦ aircraft radio mechanic ♦ automobile mechanic ♦ car mechanic ♦ dental mechanic ♦ flight mechanic ♦ garage mechanic ♦ mechanic engineer ♦ Mechanic Falls ♦ motor mechanic ♦ shop mechanic. Additional references.

Ending with "mechanic": auto-mechanic, car-mechanic, motor-mechanic, wireless-mechanic.

Afrikaans

werktuigkundige. (various references)

Albanian

mjeshtër (artificer, artisan, artist, dab, jack of all trades, master, nailer, nark, old hand, overseer, workman), mekanik (air mechanic, engineer, grease monkey, machinal, machinist, mechanical, mechanician, perfunctory), makinist (carman, driver, engine driver, machinist, manipulator, mate, operator, runner), zanatçi (artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, operator). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حرفي تصليح السيارات والآلات, ‏الميكانيكي (machinist), ‏الصانع اليدوي, ‏دوى متطلب براعة يدوية. (various references)

Bulgarian 

техник (fitter, technician), оператор (cameraman, operator), механичен (mechanical, perfunctory), механик (engineer, fitter, grease monkey, machinist, mechanician, mechanist, operator), машинист (driver, engine driver, engineer, greaser, machinist, manipulator, pressman), занаятчия (artificer, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, master, operative, tradesman, workman). (various references)

Chamorro

makinista. (various references)

Chinese 

技工 . (various references)

Czech

montér (fitter), mechanik (mechanician, operative, rigger), mechanický (mechanical). (various references)

Danish

mekaniker. (various references)

Dutch

werktuigkundige, mecanicien. (various references)

Esperanto

mekanikisto, meĥanikisto. (various references)

Farsi 

مکانیکی (Gadget), مکانیک ماشین الات , مکانیک (Machanist, Mechanics), ماشینی , هنرور (Artist). (various references)

Finnish

mekaanikko (mechanician), koneseppä, asentaja (electrician, fitter). (various references)

French

mécanicien (mechanic engineer, mechanician). (various references)

German

Mechaniker (mechanician, mechanicians, mechanist, mechanists, repairman). (various references)

Greek 

μηχανικός επισκευαστής δικύκλων, μηχανικός (engineer), μηχανουργός, τεχνίτησ (artificer, artisan, craftsman, operative, workman). (various references)

Hebrew 

מכונן (establisher, founder, machinist), מכונאי (fitter, machinist). (various references)

Hungarian

mechanikai (mechanical), mûszerész (adjuster, mechanist), szerelõ (fitter, grease monkey), szerelő (artificer, fitter, repairer, rigger, serviceman, servicemen), gépies (automatic, mechanical), gépi (mechanical, stoker), gépész (driver, engine driver, engineer, engine-room artificer, engine-room hand, machinist, operator, projectionist). (various references)

Indonesian

ahli mesin (engineer, machinist). (various references)

Italian

meccanico (machinelike, mechanical, mechanician, perfunctory). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

職人　 (artisan, craftsman, worker), 職人 (artisan, craftsman, worker), 匠 (artisan, carpenter, idea, means, workman), メール交換 (10^6, correspondence, exchange of letters, mace, mail, mail order, mailer, mailing, mailing list, main, main amp, main bank, main course, main culture, main event, main gate, main pole, main stand, main street, main table, main title, mainframe, main-memory, make, make-up, mate, mechanical, mechanical automation, mechanics, mechanism, mechatronics, mega-, mega trend, megacycle, megaton, MT), 整備工 , 機械工 (machinist), 工匠 (artisan). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たくみ (artisan, carpenter, cleverness, idea, means, skill, workman), メカニック , メカ (mechanical, mechanism), きかいこう (machinist), しょくにん (artisan, craftsman, worker), しょう (actor, artisan, award, bruise, buy, call, carpenter, catch, chapter, commander, cut, destroy, drink, eat, gash, general, government, hurt, idea, illness, important point, injury, label, leader, make up for, means, medal, phenomenon, prize, put on, quotient, ride in, scar, scratch, section, send for, take, to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder, upper part, weak point, wear, workman, wound), せいびこう, こうしょう (a bite, advanced, announcing publicly, arsenal, artisan, authentication, conferring of an award, connection, discussions, fancy, fashion, high, investigation, licensed prostitution, loud laughter, loud or high-pitched voice, negotiations, noble, notarization, occupational injury, oral tradition, ore deposit, passing on by word of mouth, public name, recitation, refined, registered prostitute, school badge, shining, spring of yellow buds, taste, Welfare Minister). (various references)

Korean 

기계공 (Mechanician, mechanics). (various references)

Manx

obbrinagh chellvane (telephone mechanic). (various references)

Pig Latin

echanicmay.(various references)

Portuguese

mecânico (engineer, fitter, machine, machinist, mechanical, mechanician, mechanist, mechanistic, operative). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

mecânico. (various references)

Romanian

montator (assembler, mill wright, mounter), meseriaş (artisan, handicraftsman), mecanicã (mechanics), mecanic (by power, driver, machinist, mechanical, mechanician, mechanistic, mechanistically, operator, tender), meşteşugar (artificer, artisan, craftsman, workman), maşinist (engineer, machinist, operator, tender). (various references)

Russian 

механик (engineer, fitter, grease monkey, mechanical engineer, mechanician). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

mehanički (mechanical, mechanically), mehaničar (grease monkey, mechanician, repairman). (various references)

Spanish

mecánico (chauffeur, driver, engineer, fitterman, grease monkey, machine, machinist, mechanical, mechanistic, perfunctory, power driven, repairman, rigger, soulless). (various references)

Swedish

mekaniker (engineer, fitter, mechanical, mechanist). (various references)

Thai

ช่างเครื่อง. (various references)

Turkish

mekanik (mech, mechanical, mechanics), makinist (driver, engine driver, engineer, engineman, machinist, mechanician, mechanist, rigger), makineye ait (mechanical), makineci, makine ile yapılan (mechanical), tamirci (repairman, serviceman, tinker, wrecker), araba tamircisi (grease monkey, greaser, serviceman). (various references)

Turkmen 

mehanik (r). (various references)

Ukrainian

ремісник (artificer, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, operative, tradesman), механік (artificer, machinist, mechanician, operative, operator, tender), машинний (mechanical), автоматичний (automatic, automatical, mechanical, self acting). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thợ máy (machinist), công nhân cơ khí. (various references)

Zulu

umakhaniki. (various references)

mekhanikos. (various references)

operari, operarii, operariis, operario, operariorum, operarios, operarius. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "mechanic": mechanical, mechanically, mechanicals, mechanician, mechanicians, mechanics. (additional references)

Words containing "mechanic": aeromechanics, biomechanical, biomechanically, biomechanics, electromechanical, electromechanically, hydromechanical, hydromechanics, nonmechanical, photomechanical, photomechanically. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Mechanic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emhain, Maccanico, Machain, Machalik, Machnik, Makanji, mecanica, mecanno, meccanico, Mechai, Mechan, mechanick, mechaniuc, mechaniz, Mechanus, mechonoid, Medchuana, mehain, mehinaku, Menchini, methanoic, mishnaic, Munchenci. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: chicane, macchie, machine.

-2 letters: anemic, chaine, chance, chemic, cinema, haemic, haemin, iceman, manche.

-3 letters: acmic, amice, amine, amnic, anime, cache, chain, chime, china, chine, cinch, hance, hemic, hemin, mache, manic, mecca, miche, minae, mince, niche.

-4 letters: ache, acme, acne, ahem, amen, amie, amin, cain, came, cane, ceca, cham, chia, chic, chin, cine, each, emic.

+1 letter: mechanics, mischance.

+2 letters: cochairmen, mechanical, mischances.

+3 letters: chameleonic, checkmating, chiromancer, chrominance, mechanicals, mechanician, mechanistic, melancholic, nonchemical.

+4 letters: beachcombing, biomechanics, checkmarking, chiromancers, chiromancies, chrominances, cochairwomen, mechanically, mechanicians, melancholiac, melancholics, nonchemicals.

+5 letters: aeromechanics, biomechanical, catecholamine, chromonematic, melancholiacs, mesencephalic, metencephalic, neurochemical, nonmechanical.