- thingamabob
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/thing"euh meuh bob'/, n. Informal.thingamajig.Also, thingumabob, thingumbob /thing"euhm bob'/.[1835-45; see THINGAMAJIG, BOB2]
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thingamabob
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thingamabob — or thingumabob [thiŋ′gum΄ē, thiŋ′əm ēthiŋ′ə mə bäb΄] n. [see THINGAMAJIG] Informal THINGAMAJIG: also thingumbob [thiŋ′əm bäb΄] or thingummy [thiŋ′gum΄ē, thiŋ′əm ē] … English World dictionary
thingamabob — thingy UK [ˈθɪŋɪ] / US or thingamabob UK [ˈθɪŋəmɪˌbɒb] / US [ˈθɪŋəməˌbɑb] or thingamajig UK [ˈθɪŋəmɪˌdʒɪɡ] / US [ˈθɪŋəməˌdʒɪɡ] or thingummy UK [ˈθɪŋəmɪ] / US noun Word forms thingy : singular thingy plural thingies Word forms thingamabob : Word… … English dictionary
thingamabob — noun Date: 1750 thingamajig … New Collegiate Dictionary
thingamabob — noun Placeholder word for a thing or person nonspecific, unknown or forgotten … Wiktionary
thingamabob — , thingamajig … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
thingamabob — n An object for which a name is unavailable. What was thatthingamabob he was holding? 1940s … Historical dictionary of American slang
thingamabob — n. ¨what´s it¨, some object, something whose name is forgotten … English contemporary dictionary
thingamabob — [ θɪŋəməbɒb] (also thingumabob, thingamajig, or thingumajig θɪŋəmədʒɪg) noun another term for thingummy … English new terms dictionary
thingamabob — thing·a·ma·bob … English syllables
thingamabob — thing•a•ma•bob [[t]ˈθɪŋ ə məˌbɒb[/t]] n. cvb inf thingamajig … From formal English to slang
