thingummy

Related to thingummy: thingamajig, doohickey

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Noun

thingummy - something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"

gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget, doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick

stuff - miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff"

Translations

machin

thingummy

[ˈθɪŋəmi] thingummyjig [ˈθɪŋəmidʒɪg] thingy [ˈθɪŋi] n

(= object) → truc m

(= person) → machin(e) m/f

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and you therefore know the reasons for my being as poor as Thingummy.

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Their next project is a production called Thingummy Bob, being staged in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and St Andrews in October.

It's not unusual to find a lifeline in this place; COMMUNITY CAFE UP FOR LOTTERY AWARD; Boss We all help each other, like family

This pointless memory comes to mind as half a million UK fans head off to France for the big football thingummy.

Me? Thierry Henry? You're having a laugh; Wit and grit from Yorkshire's finest

6) Work, the what's-its-name of the thingummy and the thing-um-a-bob of the what d'you-call-it.

"Phrasal compounds" and the discourse/lexicology interface: "conglomeration" within the French tradition of English lexicology

Anyways, CultureTech is already up and running (some sort of Minecraft thingummy in schools that's a bit beyond our ken) but it kicks off in earnest on Monday.

Dome of delight; AUDIOVISUAL SHOW IS PRETTY IN.TENTS... PERFECT FOR CULTURETECH

He sneered like only car mechanics can sneer and said, the dittlewat in the thingummy has gone.

How I learned to love my car mechanic

Vaguedad por la eleccion de una palabra vaga' -como coso en castellano, por ejemplo, o thingummy en ingles.

Aspectos informativos del lenguaje vago

Thingummy Fabulous news - well done to everyone at SSI.

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In one recording made in May last year, a male voice said: "I told thingummy how to build a bomb.

BLUNDER FEAR OF 'BOMB PLOT' COP

OF The county to which I feel I belong, the one which lies beneath the foundations of my house, the one gripped by the centuries-old roots of our village's oak and chestnut trees is not Wrexham County Thingummy, but Flintshire.