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UK
/θˈɪŋɡɐmˌæbɒb/
]
[ US /ˈθɪŋəməˌbɑb/ ]
[ US /ˈθɪŋəməˌbɑb/ ]
NOUN
-
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket
there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use
How To Use thingamabob In A Sentence
- I lingered around watching a thingamabob about JFK's administration on TV, then crashed.
- I considered setting up one of those nifty 24-hour timer thingamabobs that make the lights go on and off when they should.
- 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.
- 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.
- My head hurts a little from hitting the wooden thingamabob.
- 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.
- 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 prefer to stroll and just watch the people on the streets and the thingamabobs along the way.
- Give people a reason to respond - 10% off in the next 24 hours for example, or a free doodad or thingamabob.
- We believe a sight or a fancy thingamabob added to the weapons systems will be a cure-all.
