Definition of thingamabob

thingamabob    

noun

• replacement name for an object whose name one doesn't know or has forgotten.

  What's that thingamabob next to the fan belt in the car?

  • See more words with the same meaning: unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'.

  Last edited on Jan 20 2013. Submitted by Jacquelyn S. from Mount Joy, PA, USA on Oct 21 1999.

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Other terms relating to 'unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'':
swag	Definitions include: promotional material.
baby	Definitions include: affectionate form of reference or address for one's significant other.
what-cha-ma-call-it	Definitions include: an item whose name one doesn't know or has forgotten.
hot stuff	Definitions include: an attractive person.
mufkin tass	Definitions include: an item. Synonymous with "thing" or "thingy."
shiznut	Definitions include: "shit".
whosawhatsit	Definitions include: an object whose name isn't known or can't be recalled instantly.
crap	Definitions include: the noun senses of "crap" are mostly a subset of the uses of "shit."
geegaw	Definitions include: a trinket.
swank	Definitions include: miscellaneous things, typically given away free.
jobbie	Definitions include: thing.
tat	Definitions include: tattoo.
wha-cha-ma-call-it	Definitions include: replacement name for an object whose name one has forgotten.
thing-a-majig	Definitions include: replacement name for an object whose name one doesn't know, has forgotten, can't recall at the moment, or can't be bothered to name.
mug	Definitions include: to stare at a person in an aggressive way.
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John Q. Public	Definitions include: a stand-in name used to represent the everyman.
cat's whiskers, the	Definitions include: the best you can get.
circles	Definitions include: breasts.
peckerwood	Definitions include: a racist, rural, white southerner.
deez nuts	Definitions include: "these nuts", i.e. "these testicles".
soul-crushing	Definitions include: said of something that saps one's will to continue.
pedal to the metal	Definitions include: quickly.
bubblegum pop	Definitions include: "pop" (popular) music aimed at the young, characterized by being upbeat rather than complex.
anaconda	Definitions include: a penis.
smacked	Definitions include: very intoxicated by anything but alcohol.

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