noun Informal. a gadget or other thing for
which the speaker does not know or has forgotten the
name.
Also, thing·u·ma·jig.
Origin: 1870–75; thingum or
thingummy +
jig1, metrically patterned like
gobbledygook,
rigamarole;
thingum perhaps orig. from the gradational compound
thingum-thangum (based on
thing1) with the same terminal syllable as in
crinkum-crankum,
harum-scarum,
trinkum-trankum, the ultimately orig. of which is unclear
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Thingamajig
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
So is doohickey. Does it mean: