thingamabob
A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgottenA thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
Recorded: Commander Keane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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reubsboyd · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(slang)A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
Dingsbums, Dingsda
штукаštuka, штуковинаštukovina, фигняfignja
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
Examples
3 sentencesWhat exactly is the purpose of this thingamabob?
What's this thingamabob for?
What's this thingamabob?
Translations
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Origin
Alteration of thingumbob: obsolete thingum (from thing) + bob. Earliest citation from 1751Alteration of thingumbob: obsolete thingum (from thing) + bob. Earliest citation from 1751, as thingumbobs.
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