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gadget

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noun

a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.

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Origin:
1850–55; origin uncertain; compare French gâchette the catch of a lock, sear of a gunlock

Related forms

gadg·et·y

[gaj-i-tee] , adjective

Synonyms
contraption; whatsis, doohickey, thingamajig.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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From figuring out which gadget to buy and how to get the best deal on it to.

Anyone who is trying to authenticate your research will now have to buy some gadget.

One of its first projects is to design a laser-based gadget that can diagnose the condition of crops.

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From figuring out which gadget to buy and how to get the best deal on it to.

Anyone who is trying to authenticate your research will now have to buy some gadget.

One of its first projects is to design a laser-based gadget that can diagnose the condition of crops.

But conductive materials aren't enough to make an electronic gadget work.

The gadget compiles the info by aggregating search queries for the virus geographically.

In these days of always-on devices, there's nothing worse than a dead gadget.

They've got those headphones in their ears and a gadget in every hand.

But it is one of the monks who steps away from the wheel and pulls the gadget from the folds of his robe.

Gadget churn creates toxic e-waste but recycling may help.

How an old suitcase can become a high-tech gadget hub.

She was the one with the credentials and the research expertise, while he was the gadget guy, the tinkerer.

No other gadget you can carry in your bag is as valuable.

Certainly, in the gadget flame wars, there's something for everyone these days.

Each manufacturer has its own guidelines, so read the manual before using this on any gadget.

It would be great to upgrade technology without having to throw away the old gadget entirely.

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But creating that feedback on a pocket-size gadget remains challenging.

In physics, the teacher had a gadget that had an open pool of mercury in the bottom and a spring suspended into it.

By pressing a button on electronic gadget can make a significant difference.

Gadget makers have for decades relied on ever-shrinking microchips to make more portable, yet more powerful, devices.

Ipad, smartphone, ebooks and all the things that can be put in a gadget.

Everybody on the subway is fooling around with some electronic gadget and missing their stop.

Its size,portability and low cost make it the gadget of predilection for the mobile person.

Still, the primary feeling among open hardware types seems to be gadget lust.

But that type of approach, in order to be effective, would need to paired with a mindset no longer driven by gadget lust.

Clicked on my iGoogle gadget headline expecting to see a parody.

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World English Dictionary

gadget (ˈɡædʒɪt)

—n
1.	a small mechanical device or appliance
2.	any object that is interesting for its ingenuity or novelty rather than for its practical use

[C19: perhaps from French gâchette lock catch, trigger, diminutive of gâche staple]

'gadgety

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

gadget

1886, gadjet (but said to date back to 1850s), sailors' slang word for any small mechanical thing or part of a ship for which they lacked, or forgot, a name; perhaps from Fr. gâchette "catchpiece of a mechanism," dim. of gâche "staple of a lock."

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