gizmo
noun
a gadget or device.
gizmos
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pluralof gizmo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Companies are marketing cameras that try to identify people carrying weapons and drones that autonomously monitor border threats, among many other gizmos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
In other cases, the industrious gizmos recline in circulating baths of fluid, which ferries away the heat they generate, enabling them to function at very high speeds, known as "overclocking".
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
And while claw gizmos and plastic figurines aren’t my thing, I understand their popularity and wouldn’t mind their presence if there was a greater supply of old-school games, and perhaps some pinball machines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
Google instead wants to blitz you with buggy new gizmos whose basic functionalities lack everything that made Google an empire, a verb, a dependable custodian of the information superhighway.
From Slate ● May 16, 2024
There are always better Net access, newer software, a continuous stream of updates, a more powerful hard drive, a by now incalculable inventory of gadgets and gizmos, programs, graphics, and operating systems.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
