thingamabob

thingamabob
thingy UK [ˈθɪŋɪ] / US or thingamabob UK [ˈθɪŋəmɪˌbɒb] / US [ˈθɪŋəməˌbɑb] or thingamajig UK [ˈθɪŋəmɪˌdʒɪɡ] / US [ˈθɪŋəməˌdʒɪɡ] or thingummy UK [ˈθɪŋəmɪ] / US noun
Word forms "thingy":
singular thingy plural thingies
Word forms "thingamabob":
Word forms "thingamabob":
Word forms "thingamabob":
singular thingamajig plural thingamajigs
Word forms "thingamajig":
Word forms "thingamajig":
Word forms "thingamajig":
singular thingummy plural thingummies spoken
1) thingamabob or thingamajig or thingummy
[countable] used for referring to something when you do not know or cannot remember the name of it

Hand me one of those red thingies over there.

2) thingamabob or thingamajig or thingummy
British used for referring to someone whose name you do not know or cannot remember

Is thingummy coming this afternoon?


English dictionary. 2014.

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  • thingamabob — or thingumabob [thiŋ′gum΄ē, thiŋ′əm ēthiŋ′ə mə bäb΄] n. [see THINGAMAJIG] Informal THINGAMAJIG: also thingumbob [thiŋ′əm bäb΄] or thingummy [thiŋ′gum΄ē, thiŋ′əm ē] …   English World dictionary

  • thingamabob — noun Date: 1750 thingamajig …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • thingamabob — /thing euh meuh bob /, n. Informal. thingamajig. Also, thingumabob, thingumbob /thing euhm bob /. [1835 45; see THINGAMAJIG, BOB2] * * * …   Universalium

  • thingamabob — noun Placeholder word for a thing or person nonspecific, unknown or forgotten …   Wiktionary

  • thingamabob —  , thingamajig …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • thingamabob — n An object for which a name is unavailable. What was thatthingamabob he was holding? 1940s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • thingamabob — n. ¨what´s it¨, some object, something whose name is forgotten …   English contemporary dictionary

  • thingamabob — [ θɪŋəməbɒb] (also thingumabob, thingamajig, or thingumajig θɪŋəmədʒɪg) noun another term for thingummy …   English new terms dictionary

  • thingamabob — thing·a·ma·bob …   English syllables

  • thingamabob — thing•a•ma•bob [[t]ˈθɪŋ ə məˌbɒb[/t]] n. cvb inf thingamajig …   From formal English to slang

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