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单词 thingamajigs
释义

thingamajig

noun

thing·​am·​a·​jig ˈthiŋ-ə-mə-ˌjig How to pronounce thingamajig (audio)
variants or thingumajig
: something that is hard to classify or whose name is unknown or forgotten

Synonyms

  • dingus
  • doodad
  • doohickey
  • hickey
  • thingamabob
  • thingummy
  • whatchamacallit
  • whatnot
  • whatsit
  • whatsis
  • what-is-it
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Example Sentences

It's one of those thingamajigs that can give you driving directions. reattach that thingamajig and the machine should work
Recent Examples on the Web In the invitation images, Samsung is teasing at least one new foldable thingamajig. Wired, 25 July 2022 Fourteen degrees below zero, the digital vehicle temperature thingamajig told us. Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2022 France would eventually do away with the whole officially sanctioned death-sport thingamajig, but not before one final, public spectacle between a knight and a squire took place in 1386. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2021 And if a giant hairy thingamajig can shoot his shot with Nicole Scherzinger, there's hope for us all. Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, 9 Nov. 2019 Just 5,352 Martian days after the beloved thingamajig first swung into operation, Oppy had breathed its last. Joe Queenan, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2019 There was no tinkering with cars or thingamajigs in the garage because there was no car or garage. Rubén Rosario, Twin Cities, 8 June 2017 Battle: Los Angeles director Jonathan Liebesman (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Surrogates) showcases some striking scenes of mayhem highlighted by a monstrous thingamajig that emerges from the rubble toward the end of the trailer. Hugh Hart, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2011 Then there’s the Russia/White House/ Michael Flynn/James Comey thingamajig. Ana Veciana-suarez, miamiherald, 22 May 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

alteration of earlier thingum, from thing

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined above

thingamajigs

noun

variants or thingumajigs
plural of thingamajig
as in thingamabobs
a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember reattach that thingamajig and the machine should work

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • thingamabobs
  • doohickeys
  • whatsits
  • whatchamacallits
  • thingummies
  • whatnots
  • doohickies
  • doodads
  • dinguses
  • hickeys
  • whatses
  • what-is-its
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