thingumabob
thingamabob
/ (ˈθɪŋəməˌbɒb) /
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noun
informal a person or thing the name of which is unknown, temporarily forgotten, or deliberately overlookedAlso: thingumajig, thingamajig (ˈθɪŋəməˌdʒɪɡ), thingummy (ˈθɪŋəmɪ)
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Word Origin for thingumabob
C18: from thing 1, with humorous suffix
Words nearby thingumabob
thing-in-itself, thingness, thing or two, things are looking up, thingstead, thingumabob, thingy, think, thinkable, think a lot of, think aloud
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How to use thingumabob in a sentence
It had just been a game they had played while looking for the thingumabob.
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