widget
[wij-it]
noun
a small mechanical device, as a knob or switch, especially one whose name is not known or cannot be recalled; gadget: a row of widgets on the instrument panel.
something considered typical or representative, as of a manufacturer's products: the widgets coming off the assembly line.
Digital Technology. a module on a website, in an application, or in the interface of a device that allows users to access information or perform a function: I added a weather widget to my screen.
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gizmo, contraption, object, apparatus, thing, doohickey, doodad, appliance, device, invention, contrivance, thingamajig, tool, whatchamacallit, thingamabob
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Origin of widget
First recorded in 1925–30; perhaps alteration of gadget
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widget
noun
Word Origin for widget
C20: changed from gadget
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widget
"gadget, small manufactured item," c.1920, American English, probably an alteration of gadget, perhaps based on which it.
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