Meanings
plural thingamajigs · alternative thingamejig · alternative thingumajig · alternative thingummyjig
- informalSomething that one does not know the name of.
He used this, this... this thingamajig you saw him with the other day to fix the problem.
2 more examples
"– – Engeneerin' is a cinch – All y' gotta do is shove one thingamajigg an' pull 'nother – –"
1924, Hal Roach, H. M. Walker, Our Gang: The Sun Down Limited, retrieved 30 Mar 2023STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.
1991 May 30, Emily Gwathmey, “Storage Box: Catchall's New Life as Eye-Catcher”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2024Synonyms: thingy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething that one does not know the name of.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomething unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From thingum or thingummy + jig, metrically patterned like gobbledygook, rigamarole. Compare thingamabob, etc. Earliest citation from 1824 as thingumajigs.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek σκινδαψός
- σκινδαψός (skindapsós)something that one does not know the name of
Catalan daixonses
- daixonsessomething that one does not know the name of
Chinese Mandarin 玩意兒 /玩意儿
- 玩意兒 /玩意儿 (wányìr)something that one does not know the name of
Czech tentononc
- tentononcsomething that one does not know the name of
Dutch dinges
- dingessomething that one does not know the name of
Esperanto umo
- umosomething that one does not know the name of
Finnish härveli, vehje
- härvelisomething that one does not know the name of
- vehjesomething that one does not know the name of
- kapistussomething that one does not know the name of
- kapinesomething that one does not know the name of
French truc, bidule
- trucsomething that one does not know the name of
- bidulesomething that one does not know the name of
- patentesomething that one does not know the name of
- machinsomething that one does not know the name of
- trucmuchesomething that one does not know the name of
German Dingsbums, Dingsda
- Dingsbumssomething that one does not know the name of
- Dingsdasomething that one does not know the name of
Hungarian izé
- izésomething that one does not know the name of
Indonesian anu
- anusomething that one does not know the name of
Italian coso
- cososomething that one does not know the name of
Korean 거시기, 뭐뭐뭐
- 거시기 (geosigi)something that one does not know the name of
- 뭐뭐뭐 (mwomwomwo)something that one does not know the name of
Māori mea
- measomething that one does not know the name of
Polish wihajster, ustrojstwo
- wihajstersomething that one does not know the name of
- ustrojstwosomething that one does not know the name of
- śmegessomething that one does not know the name of
- tentegessomething that one does not know the name of
- dzyndzelsomething that one does not know the name of
- dynkssomething that one does not know the name of
- pierdzielniksomething that one does not know the name of
- gżdynkssomething that one does not know the name of
- pipsztyksomething that one does not know the name of
Portuguese coisa, cena
- coisasomething that one does not know the name of
- cenasomething that one does not know the name of
- trecosomething that one does not know the name of
- troçosomething that one does not know the name of
Russian штуко́вина
- штуко́вина (štukóvina)something that one does not know the name of
Swedish grunka, tingest
- grunkasomething that one does not know the name of
- tingestsomething that one does not know the name of
- mojängsomething that one does not know the name of
- grejsimojssomething that one does not know the name of
Turkish zamazingo, zımbırtı
- zamazingosomething that one does not know the name of
- zımbırtısomething that one does not know the name of
- dalga dümensomething that one does not know the name of
- dümensomething that one does not know the name of
Ukrainian цейво́
- цейво́ (cejvó)something that one does not know the name of
Yiddish װי־רופֿט־מען־עס
- װי־רופֿט־מען־עס (vi-ruft-men-es)something that one does not know the name of
Cite this entry
thingamajig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thingamajig
“thingamajig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thingamajig. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thingamajig,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thingamajig.
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