[
UK
/θˈɪŋɡəmˌi/
]
NOUN
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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 thingummy In A Sentence
- So when I need to know what the black rubbery thingummy on a windscreen wiper is called, I can look up windscreen wiper in the index, turn to the appropriate picture, and learn that it's a wiper blade rubber. The Naming of Parts
- Hit the auto-update thingummybob for the latest updates and email The Guardian World News
- However, when it comes to the old religion and war thingummy, I feel religions get it really, really badly in the neck.
- 'It's all over, Mrs. Thingummy! ' said the surgeon at last.
- It was David thingummy --- Stevenson --- Dad's clerk of chambers or whatever he is. LOSING IT
- It's not a very clear picture but that is an ovulation test stick thingummy.
- But we had to reshoot the scenes at the villa between Judy and the blackmailer, after Arthur's heart attack, with - thingummy - Jeremy Fox. THE SOUND OF MURDER
- Oh, just a little ... what shall I say? ... a little touch of what-d'you-call-it and a bit of thingummy. Jill the Reckless
- It may amuse some to find thingummy replaced by doodackie, to hear a sausage called a snarler or to hear he did his bun for ` he was angry '. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1
- So this newspaper thingummybob (OK, the New York Times, if you're going be annoying like Katie Couric and demand specifics) has managed to find Sarah's personal stylist for the campaign, a woman by the name of Lisa Kline. The Guardian World News
