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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
- We believe a sight or a fancy thingamabob added to the weapons systems will be a cure-all.
- I found this really cute kinda 70's-looking shirt online a couple of weeks ago - it's sort of pale green with white stripes and this nifty ring thingamabob in front.
- 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.
- Waltson tapped his cheek with his finger, and muttered something undecipherable to himself about something-or-other in the thingamabob, and scratched something else down.
- Wallace pointed to the spiral shaped thingamabob in her left pocket.
- Today started off with me losing my balance while heading for a seat on the train and smacking my head hard on the thingamabob that juts out above the window.
- Then I pushed on the thingamabob to flush the toilet, but there was no pressure.
- Will Shakespeare finds himself momentarily lost for words and invents a new one - thingamabob - which instantly becomes all the rage in Elizabethan England. May 2008
- Give people a reason to respond - 10% off in the next 24 hours for example, or a free doodad or thingamabob.
- I lingered around watching a thingamabob about JFK's administration on TV, then crashed.
