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widg⋅et

  [wij-it]
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–noun
1. a small mechanical device, as a knob or switch, esp. one whose name is not known or cannot be recalled; gadget: a row of widgets on the instrument panel.
2. something considered typical or representative, as of a manufacturer's products: the widgets coming off the assembly line.
Origin:
1925–30; perh. alter. of gadget
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Conduit.com
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www.Liquida.com
widg·et   (wĭj'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. A small mechanical device or control; a gadget.

  2. An unnamed or hypothetical manufactured article.

    1. An element of a GUI, such as a text box or button, that displays information or settings that can be entered or altered by the user.

    2. A program that performs some simple function, such as providing a weather report or stock quote, and can be accessed from a computer desktop, webpage, mobile phone or subscription television service.


[Perhaps alteration of gadget.]
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
widget [ˈwɪdʒɪt]

  1. n.
    a gadget. : Now, try to fit this widget into this slot here.
  2. n.
    a hypothetical product made by a hypothetical company. : No, we stopped making widgets last year. Too much foreign competition.
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

widget 
"gadget, small manufactured item," c.1920, Amer.Eng., probably an alteration of gadget, perhaps based on which it.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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