English Explanatory Dictionary

thingum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of thingummy.

Word forms

thingum thingums

Etymology

Perhaps originally from the gradational compound thingum-thangum (based on thing) with the same terminal syllable as in crinkum-crankum, harum-scarum, trinkum-trankum.

Synonyms

thingummy
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