gizmo

or gis·mo

[ giz-moh ]
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noun,plural giz·mos.Informal.
  1. a gadget or device: What is this gizmo supposed to do?

Origin of gizmo

1
First recorded in 1940–45; origin uncertain

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How to use gizmo in a sentence

  • See that funnel shaped gismo over there, with the round ball-like affair?

    The Sex Life of the Gods | Michael Knerr
  • That electronic gismo, as you call it, is the real idea behind the whole operation.

    Sabotage in Space | Carey Rockwell
  • It worked perfectly as a lighter, too, till you pushed in on a little gismo on the side.

    Four-Day Planet | Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for gizmo

gizmo

gismo

/ (ˈɡɪzməʊ) /


nounplural -mos
  1. slang a device; gadget

Origin of gizmo

1
C20: of unknown origin

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