thingamajig
Use Thingamajig in a sentence
əAlso, 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
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.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Slang Dictionary
thingamajig definition[ˈθɪŋəmədʒɪg] and [ˈθɪŋi]and thingy
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Other items available for rent include the slide, the basketball hoops, inflatable dolphin and inflatable thingamajig.
Once its bat-winged supernatural thingamajig appears, the beast isn't half as horrifying as you imagined.
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