Meaning

1 senses
  1. (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.

    Dingsbums, Dingsda

    штуко́винаštukóvina

    цейво́cejvó

More definitions
  • something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Can you pass me that thingamajig?

    Можеш подати мені он ту штуку?

    ruМожешь передать мне ту штуковину?

    deKannst du mir mal das Dings geben?

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  2. What's this thingamajig for?

    Для чого ця штуковина?

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  3. The letter "ng" is ready to disturb the teachings of that thingamajig.

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  4. It’s not all that easy to figure out what this thingamajig is.

    deGar nicht so einfach herauszufinden, was dieses Dingsda ist.

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  5. That thingamajig does not work.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
something that one does not know the name of:
Русский
By meaning 1
something that one does not know the name of:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
something that one does not know the name of:

Origin

From thingum or thingummy + jig, metrically patterned like gobbledygook, rigamarole. Compa

From thingum or thingummy + jig, metrically patterned like gobbledygook, rigamarole. Compare thingamabob, etc. Earliest citation from 1824 as thingumajigs.

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Forms

plural: thingamajigs

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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