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giz⋅mo

  [giz-moh]
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–noun, plural -mos.
gismo.
Gismo
Gismo Online. Shop Target.com.
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Gizmo Custom Systems
Residential and commercial custom technologies integration. CEDIA
www.gizmo-sf.com

gis⋅mo

  [giz-moh]
–noun, plural -mos. Informal.
a gadget or device: What is this gismo supposed to do?
Also, gizmo.

Origin:
1940–45; orig. uncert.
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giz·mo also gis·mo   (gĭz'mō)   
n.   pl. giz·mos also gis·mos
A mechanical device or part whose name is forgotten or unknown; a gadget.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
gizmo [ˈgɪzmo]

  1. n.
    a gadget. : What is this silly little gizmo on the bottom for?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

gizmo 
1942, originally U.S. Navy and Marine Corps slang, of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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