English noun: thingummy | |||
1. | thingummy (artifact) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | ||
Samples | She eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket. There may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use. | ||
Synonyms | doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stuff | ||