thingamajig

thingamajig

English

Alternative forms

• thingumajig

Etymology

From thingum or thingummy +‎ jig, metrically patterned like gobbledygook, rigamarole.[1] Compare thingamabob, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɪŋəməˌd͡ʒɪɡ/

Noun

thingamajig (plural thingamajigs)

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.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:thingy

Translations

something that one does not know the name of

Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܸܢܵܐ‎ (hinnā) Egyptian Arabic: بتاعة‎ (betāʿa) Catalan: daixonses (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 玩意兒／玩意儿 (zh) (wányìr) Czech: tentononc (cs) n Dutch: dinges (nl) n Esperanto: umo (eo) Finnish: härveli (fi), vehje (fi), kapistus, kapine French: truc (fr) m, bidule (fr) m, (Quebec) patente (fr) f, machin (fr), trucmuche (fr) m Georgian: ისარაქვია (isarakvia) German: Dingsbums (de) n, Dingsda (de) Greek: Ancient: σκινδαψός m (skindapsós) Hungarian: izé (hu) Italian: coso (it) Korean: 거시기 (geosigi), 뭐뭐뭐 (mwomwomwo) Maori: mea Polish: wihajster (pl) m Portuguese: coisa (pt) f, (Portugal) cena (pt) f Russian: штуко́вина (ru) f (štukóvina) Swedish: grunka (sv) c, tingest (sv) c, mojäng (sv) c, grejsimojs (sv) Turkish: zamazingo (tr), zımbırtı (tr) Yiddish: װי־רופֿט־מען־עס‎ m (vi-ruft-men-es)

References

1. “thingamajig”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Further reading

• placeholder name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia