widget

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Blend of window and gadget, coined by George S. Kaufman in his play Beggar on Horseback (1924).

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Singular
widget

Plural
widgets

widget (plural widgets)

  1. An unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
  2. (graphical user interface) A component of a graphical user interface that the user interacts with.
  3. Portable code that can be easily installed and executed by an end user.
  4. A floating widget or other device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened
  5. A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces

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