thingy

English

Alternative forms

• thingie

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈθɪŋiː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈθɪŋi/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋi

Etymology

thing +‎ -y

Noun

thingy (plural thingies)

1. (informal) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
2. (slang, euphemistic) Penis.
   • 2004, Richard Tinsley, Walking on the Son

     He pulled out his thingy. It was huge.

Synonyms

• doodad
• doohickey
• thingummy
• thingummabob
• thingummajig
• whatsit
• whaddayacallit
• gizmo
• dingus
• doofer
• See also Wikisaurus:thingy

Translations

a thing

• Finnish: juttu (fi), kapine, vekotin (fi)
• French: truc (fr), machin (fr)
• Georgian: რაღაცა (raɣaca)
• German: Dings (de), Dingsbums (de), Dingsda (de)
• Greek: μαραφέτι (el) n (maraféti)
• Hungarian: izé (hu)
• Italian: coso (it), qualcosa (it)
• Maori: mea

• Navajo: ńléí, eidí, eii
• Norwegian: duppeditt m, dippedutt m
• Polish: wihajster (pl) m
• Portuguese: treco (pt)
• Romanian: chestie (ro) f
• Russian: шту́чка (ru) f (štúčka), штуко́вина (ru) f (štukóvina)
• Spanish: chisme (es) m

See also

• thingamabob

Further reading

• Wikipedia article on placeholder names

Anagrams

• nighty