thingamajig

English

Noun

thingamajig (plural thingamajigs)

1. Something that one does not know the name of.

   He used this, this... this thingamajig you saw him with the other day to fix the problem.

Synonyms

• gizmo
• whatchamacallit
• whatshumacallit
• widget
• thing
• thingamabob
• thingy
• hoobajoob
• doojigger
• See also Wikisaurus:thingy

Translations

something that one does not know the name of

• French: truc (fr) m, bidule (fr) m, (Quebec) patente (fr) f, machin (fr), trucmuche (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Dingsbums (de) n, Dingsda (de)

• Italian: coso (it)
• Russian: штуковина (ru) (štukóvina) f 

See also

• Wikipedia article on placeholder names