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gadget - 3 dictionary results

gadg⋅et

[gaj-it]
–noun
a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.

Origin:
1850–55; orig. uncert.; cf. F gâchette the catch of a lock, sear of a gunlock


gadg⋅et⋅y [gaj-i-tee] , adjective


contraption; whatsis, doohickey, thingamajig.
gadg·et   (gāj'ĭt)   
n.  A small specialized mechanical or electronic device; a contrivance.

[Origin unknown.]
gadg'et·y adj.

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."
Language Translation for : gadget
Spanish: aparato, dispositivo, artilugio,
German: das Apparätchen,
Japanese: 小道具
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