Contraption

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contraption \Con*trap"tion\, n.
     A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully.
     [Colloq. or Dial.] -- {Con*trap"tious}, a.
  
           We all remember some of the extraordinary contraptions
           which have been thus evolved and put upon the market.


                                                    --F. M. Ware.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  contraption
       n : a device that is very useful for a particular job [syn: {appliance},
            {contrivance}, {convenience}, {gadget}, {gizmo}, {gismo},
            {widget}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "contraption":
     apparatus, contrivance, device, gadget, gimcrack, gimmick, gizmo,
     hand tool, implement, instrument, means, mechanical device,
     mechanism, power tool, precision tool, speed tool, thingumabob,
     thingumajig, thingummy, tool, utensil, widget