Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thingamajig.
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- noun
Placeholder word for a thing or personnonspecific ,unknown orforgotten
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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First, there's this musicplasma thingamabob, which is essentially a graphical representation of related artists.
05/04 2004
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First, there's this musicplasma thingamabob, which is essentially a graphical representation of related artists.
05/04 2004
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First, there's this musicplasma thingamabob, which is essentially a graphical representation of related artists.
Archive 2004-05-01 2004
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Took out the animated name thingamabob for now, it was causing problems.
PSP Updates 2009
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Took out the animated name thingamabob for now, it was causing problems.
QJ.NET 2009
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Nonagenarian little old ladies can be easily identified by the fact that they’re each followed about by a thingamabob, which is a little bouncy squeaky thing, like a cross between a space hopper and a tribble, which won’t leave them alone.
May 2008 2008
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Nonagenarian little old ladies can be easily identified by the fact that they’re each followed about by a thingamabob, which is a little bouncy squeaky thing, like a cross between a space hopper and a tribble, which won’t leave them alone.
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So Bob Millington, formerly of PHUK, has set up another webzine thingy, and thought it might be interesting to chat with meself in a wee interview thingamabob.
Archive 2009-05-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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If you spend a lot of time working on ISR issues, referring to “that surveillance thingamabob” is not going to cut it.
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So Bob Millington, formerly of PHUK, has set up another webzine thingy, and thought it might be interesting to chat with meself in a wee interview thingamabob.
Interview Hal Duncan 2009
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