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Definition of thingummy in English: thingummy(also thingamy) nounPlural thingummies ˈθɪŋəmiˈθɪŋəmi informal A person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention. 〈非正式〉 用以指不知其名，忘记其名，不愿称呼其名的人、事物某某，那个人；那东西 it is difficult to know what to make of these complicated thingummies Example sentencesExamples - We don't - it's all being done by some start-up venture thingummy company.
- He happens to be really good at history, too, which is a point that requires my attention and constant monitoring - I don't want to be married to someone who has his head buried in historical thingummies all the time.
- Payday or no payday, I'm not exactly in the jet set income bracket, so I had to content myself one of those micro-mini flash memory drive thingummies.
- This is specifically a reference to those fluorescent plastic thingummies that men like to stick in the back pockets of their trousers or jeans.
- This is because some sort of technical thingamy happened with our hosting thingamy.
- However, when it comes to the old religion and war thingummy, I feel religions get it really, really badly in the neck.
- It's not a very clear picture but that is an ovulation test stick thingummy.
- If you believe in Feng Shui, you would probably recognise the larger role of the Laughing Buddha or any of the charming thingummies used by this ancient Chinese science to harmonise the energy of a living space.
- I partook of the the lamb shank and Ma had the beef thingamy.
- It has a standard screen at the top, keys at the bottom, with a joystick thingummy in the middle.
- I succumbed to a little temptation and got myself one of those wireless thingamies, so my laptop now connects automatically to the internet without wires anywhere in the house.
- The engine seized up due to gunk building up and blocking some technical thingummies!
Synonyms object, article, item, artefact, commodity
OriginMid 18th century: from thing + a meaningless suffix. Definition of thingummy in US English: thingummy(also thingamy) nounˈθɪŋəmiˈTHiNGəmē informal A person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention. 〈非正式〉 用以指不知其名，忘记其名，不愿称呼其名的人、事物某某，那个人；那东西 it is difficult to know what to make of these complicated thingummies Example sentencesExamples - If you believe in Feng Shui, you would probably recognise the larger role of the Laughing Buddha or any of the charming thingummies used by this ancient Chinese science to harmonise the energy of a living space.
- However, when it comes to the old religion and war thingummy, I feel religions get it really, really badly in the neck.
- I partook of the the lamb shank and Ma had the beef thingamy.
- It's not a very clear picture but that is an ovulation test stick thingummy.
- This is specifically a reference to those fluorescent plastic thingummies that men like to stick in the back pockets of their trousers or jeans.
- It has a standard screen at the top, keys at the bottom, with a joystick thingummy in the middle.
- This is because some sort of technical thingamy happened with our hosting thingamy.
- He happens to be really good at history, too, which is a point that requires my attention and constant monitoring - I don't want to be married to someone who has his head buried in historical thingummies all the time.
- Payday or no payday, I'm not exactly in the jet set income bracket, so I had to content myself one of those micro-mini flash memory drive thingummies.
- We don't - it's all being done by some start-up venture thingummy company.
- The engine seized up due to gunk building up and blocking some technical thingummies!
- I succumbed to a little temptation and got myself one of those wireless thingamies, so my laptop now connects automatically to the internet without wires anywhere in the house.
Synonyms object, article, item, artefact, commodity
OriginMid 18th century: from thing + a meaningless suffix. |