thingy
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɪŋiː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈθɪŋi/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋi
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
- See Thesaurus:thingy
Translations[edit]
a thing
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Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
References[edit]
- “thingummy, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2008.
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