mechanic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   resembling the action of a machine

   from blank to blank a threadless way I pushed mechanic feet- Emily Dickenson

2. 2
   adj

   mechanical; relating to mechanics or the laws of motion in physics

   […] these mechanick Philosophers being in no Way able to give an Account thereof from the necessary motion of Matter, unguided by Mind for Ends […]

3. 3
   adj

   mechanical; precise but lifeless, as if performed by machine

   But, for the unquiet heart and brain, ⁠A use in measured language lies; ⁠The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.

4. 4
   adj

   Of or relating to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar; base.

   Mechanic slaves, With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers.

5. 5
   noun

   A manual worker; a labourer or artisan.

   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.

6. 6
   noun

   A hitman.

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

7. 7
   noun

   A cheat who manipulates the cards or dice.

   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.

8. 8
   noun

   someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek μηχᾰνῐκός (mēkhănĭkós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mekanyk English mechanic 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”);…