thingamabob

English

Alternative forms

thingamybob, thingmabob, thingumabob, thingumbob, thingumebob, thingummabob, thingummybob, thingymabob

Etymology

Alteration of thingumbob: obsolete thingum (from thing) + bob.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

thingamabob (plural thingamabobs)

(slang) A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:thingy
See Thesaurus:whatshisname

Translations

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Afrikaans: watsenaam
Danish: dims c, dingenot c, dippedut c
Esperanto: umo (eo)
French: truc (fr), machin (fr), bidule (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Dingsbums (de) n, Dingsda (de) n or m or f
Greek:
Ancient: σκινδαψός m (skindapsós)
Italian: cosa (it) f, coso (it) m
Maori: mea
Portuguese: negócio (pt) m
Russian: штука (ru) f (štuka), штуковина (ru) f (štukovina), фигня (ru) f (fignja), фиговина (ru) f (figovina)
Spanish: cosa (es) f, coso (es) m, chingadera (es) f
Swedish: mojäng (sv) c, tingest (sv) c, grunka (sv) c, mackapär (sv) c, manick (sv) c

References

“thingamabob”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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