thingy
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋi
Noun
thingy (plural thingies)
- (informal) A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall its name).
- (slang, euphemistic) Penis.
- 2004, Richard Tinsley, Walking on the Son:
- He pulled out his thingy. It was huge.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:thingy
Translations
a thing
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Further reading
Anagrams
References
- “thingummy, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2008.
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