# Tinkerbell

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #64,774

## Definitions
1. Anything whose existence or power depends on the faith of believers.
2. A homosexual or effeminate man.

## Etymology
After a fairy in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan (1902), in which the name is spelled Tinker Bell. She was described by Barrie as a fairy who mended pots and kettles, like an actual tinker, and her speech consists of the sounds of a tinkling bell.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tinkerbell