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Definition of thingamabob in English: thingamabob(also thingumabob) noun ˈθɪŋəməbɒbˈθɪŋəməbɑb informal Used to refer to or address a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention. Example sentencesExamples - Today started off with me losing my balance while heading for a seat on the train and smacking my head hard on the thingamabob that juts out above the window.
- He related how he'd recently experienced a spot of technical bother when using his electronic key-fob thingamabob to open the car door of his nippy runabout.
- Don't even get me started on all of the cool little doo-dads and thingamajigs.
- The step up from these are the headphones that are a plastic thingamabob that wrap across the top of your head, not unlike the sort you get free when you buy a cd player.
- How do these self-heating stick-on thingumajigs compare to the good old hot water bottle?
- I lingered around watching a thingamabob about JFK's administration on TV, then crashed.
- My head hurts a little from hitting the wooden thingamabob.
- We believe a sight or a fancy thingamabob added to the weapons systems will be a cure-all.
- I'm not altogether sure what happened to these pellets - I assume they got shipped out elsewhere and turned in to all manner of plastic thingamabobs, doobries and wotsits - but that didn't really matter.
- Let's get one of these desks, and put it over there in front of the big bench thingamabob, then we can put a filing cabinet in front of that.
- A bit of a favourite of mine from the 1910s is ‘oojiboo’, which meant a thingumajig, a whatsits name, something you can't remember the name of.
- Wallace pointed to the spiral shaped thingamabob in her left pocket.
- Give people a reason to respond - 10% off in the next 24 hours for example, or a free doodad or thingamabob.
- I found this really cute kinda 70's-looking shirt online a couple of weeks ago - it's sort of pale green with white stripes and this nifty ring thingamabob in front.
- Then I pushed on the thingamabob to flush the toilet, but there was no pressure.
- I considered setting up one of those nifty 24-hour timer thingamabobs that make the lights go on and off when they should.
- I have the comments thingamajig up and running but few people use it.
- It's a massive thing, taking up two galleries with 36 works ranging from videos and photography to some paintings, some sculptural object thingamajigs and a couple of lovely cyanotypes.
- You'll find no winged doohickeys or portable thingamajigs here.
- I prefer to stroll and just watch the people on the streets and the thingamabobs along the way.
OriginMid 18th century: arbitrary extension of earlier thingum (from thing + a meaningless suffix). Compare with thingamajig. Definition of thingamabob in US English: thingamabob(also thingumabob) nounˈTHiNGəməbäbˈθɪŋəməbɑb informal Used to refer to or address a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention. Example sentencesExamples - Give people a reason to respond - 10% off in the next 24 hours for example, or a free doodad or thingamabob.
- Then I pushed on the thingamabob to flush the toilet, but there was no pressure.
- I considered setting up one of those nifty 24-hour timer thingamabobs that make the lights go on and off when they should.
- I lingered around watching a thingamabob about JFK's administration on TV, then crashed.
- He related how he'd recently experienced a spot of technical bother when using his electronic key-fob thingamabob to open the car door of his nippy runabout.
- Today started off with me losing my balance while heading for a seat on the train and smacking my head hard on the thingamabob that juts out above the window.
- I have the comments thingamajig up and running but few people use it.
- How do these self-heating stick-on thingumajigs compare to the good old hot water bottle?
- I prefer to stroll and just watch the people on the streets and the thingamabobs along the way.
- I found this really cute kinda 70's-looking shirt online a couple of weeks ago - it's sort of pale green with white stripes and this nifty ring thingamabob in front.
- The step up from these are the headphones that are a plastic thingamabob that wrap across the top of your head, not unlike the sort you get free when you buy a cd player.
- I'm not altogether sure what happened to these pellets - I assume they got shipped out elsewhere and turned in to all manner of plastic thingamabobs, doobries and wotsits - but that didn't really matter.
- My head hurts a little from hitting the wooden thingamabob.
- It's a massive thing, taking up two galleries with 36 works ranging from videos and photography to some paintings, some sculptural object thingamajigs and a couple of lovely cyanotypes.
- Wallace pointed to the spiral shaped thingamabob in her left pocket.
- You'll find no winged doohickeys or portable thingamajigs here.
- We believe a sight or a fancy thingamabob added to the weapons systems will be a cure-all.
- Let's get one of these desks, and put it over there in front of the big bench thingamabob, then we can put a filing cabinet in front of that.
- A bit of a favourite of mine from the 1910s is ‘oojiboo’, which meant a thingumajig, a whatsits name, something you can't remember the name of.
- Don't even get me started on all of the cool little doo-dads and thingamajigs.
OriginMid 18th century: arbitrary extension of earlier thingum (from thing + a meaningless suffix). Compare with thingamajig. |