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thingumabob

thingamabob

/ (ˈθɪŋəməˌbɒb) /

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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Example sentences from the Web for thingumabob

  • It had just been a game they had played while looking for the thingumabob.

    Gargoyles|Ben Hecht