thingamajig
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From thingum or thingummy + jig, metrically patterned like gobbledygook, rigamarole.[1] Compare thingamabob, etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]thingamajig (plural thingamajigs)
- (informal) 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.
- 1924, Hal Roach, H. M. Walker, Our Gang: The Sun Down Limited[1], retrieved 30 March 2023:
- "– – Engeneerin' is a cinch – All y' gotta do is shove one thingamajigg an' pull 'nother – –"
- 1991 May 30, Emily Gwathmey, “Storage Box: Catchall's New Life as Eye-Catcher”, in The New York Times[2]:
- STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.
Synonyms
[edit]- See Thesaurus:thingy
Translations
[edit]something that one does not know the name of
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References
[edit]- ^ “thingamajig”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading
[edit]- placeholder name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia