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[syn: doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gizmo, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thingumabob
n 1: something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not
known; "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" [syn: doodad,
doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gizmo, gismo,
gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob,
thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy,
whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "thingumabob":
affair, article, artifact, dingus, dofunny, dohickey, dojigger,
dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky, eppes, etwas,
flumadiddle, gadget, gigamaree, gimmick, gizmo, hickey, hootenanny,
hootmalalie, jigger, material thing, object, quelque chose,
something, thing, thingum, thingumadad, thingumadoodle,
thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree, thingummy, whatchy,
widget