Thingumabob

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thingumabob
       n : something whose name is either forgotten or not known [syn:
           {dohickey}, {dojigger}, {doodad}, {doohickey}, {gimmick},
            {hickey}, {gizmo}, {gismo}, {gubbins}, {thingamabob}, {thingmabob},
            {thingamajig}, {thingumajig}, {thingmajig}, {thingummy}]



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

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "thingumabob":
     affair, article, artifact, dingus, dofunny, dohickey, dojigger,
     dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky, eppes, etwas,
     flumadiddle, gadget, gigamaree, gimmick, gizmo, hickey, hootenanny,
     hootmalalie, jigger, material thing, object, quelque chose,
     something, thing, thingum, thingumadad, thingumadoodle,
     thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree, thingummy, whatchy,
     widget