thingamajig
noun
a gadget or other thing for which the speaker does not know or has forgotten the name.
thingumajig
-
a variation of
thingamajig.
Example Sentences
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A reader called Sonia, who clearly reads too many fashion articles, wanted to know if anyone really knows what wassername will be wearing when she marries thingumajig.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2011
So the Ohioan pushed a thingumajig on the battery and a BB-size red light lit up.
From Time Magazine Archive
“He was rigged out to climb a pole and had a telephone thingumajig with him,” suggested the boss.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
The thingumajig that is supposed to turn it off has got broken or something and it keeps pumping water all over where I don't want it to.
From The Wrong Woman by Charles D. Stewart
