thingy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /θɪŋiː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /θɪŋi/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋi

Noun

thingy (plural thingies)

1. A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall)

Synonyms

• doohickey
• thingummy
• thingummabob
• thingummajig
• whatsit
• whaddayacallit
• diddlin' thing
• diddling thing
• gizmo
• dingus
• doofer
• See also Wikisaurus:thingy

Translations

a thing

• Finnish: juttu (fi), kapine, vekotin (fi)
• French: truc (fr), machin (fr)
• Georgian: რაღაცა (raḡac’a)
• German: Dings (de), Dingsbums (de), Dingsda (de)
• Greek: μαραφέτι (el) n (maraféti)
• Hungarian: izé (hu)

• Italian: coso (it), qualcosa (it)
• Norwegian: duppeditt m, dippedutt m
• Polish: wihajster (pl) m
• Portuguese: treco (pt)
• Romanian: chestie (ro) f
• Russian: штучка (ru) f (štúčka), штуковина (ru) f (štukóvina)

See also

• thingamabob

External links

• Wikipedia article on placeholder names

Anagrams

• nighty