thingamajig

English

Alternative forms

• thingumajig

Etymology

Unknown. Compare thingum, thingamabob, etc..

Noun

thingamajig (plural thingamajigs)

1. (slang) 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
• whatsitsname
• widget
• thing
• thingamabob
• thingy
• doojigger
• doohickey
• doover
• See also Thesaurus:thingy

Translations

something that one does not know the name of

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 玩意兒／玩意儿 (zh) (wányìr), 玩意儿 (zh) (wányìr)

• Dutch: dinges (nl) n
• Finnish: härveli (fi)
• 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)
• Greek:

  Ancient: σκινδαψός m (skindapsós)

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• Hungarian: izé (hu)
• Italian: coso (it)
• Maori: mea
• Polish: wihajster (pl) m
• Portuguese: coisa (pt) f
• Russian: штуко́вина (ru) f (štukóvina)
• Swedish: grunka (sv) c

See also

• Wikipedia article on placeholder names