Adjective
the snapping of the handcuffs was followed by a mechanic reading of the suspect's rights
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Adjective
The man was working at a mechanic shop in the 4300 block of Eden Road in Kennedale.—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025 Part surgeon, part mechanic — as seen sawing away at a leg in EW's exclusive Fall Movie Preview image, above — days spent filming in Victor's lab were some of the actor's favorite.—Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
Turns out there is also a sizable hitch in the AI internal code-generation mechanics.—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 And Weaver's velocity and mechanics don't seem far off.—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mechanic
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Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, probably from Middle French mecanique, adjective & noun, from Latin mechanicus, from Greek mēchanikos, from mēchanē
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