thingy
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).
- A penis.
pron
- A person whose name one cannot recall.
adj
- Resembling or characteristic of a thing; tangible.
pron
- Alternative letter-case form of thingy (“a person whose name one cannot recall”).
Pronunciation
/ˈθɪŋiː/
/ˈθɪŋi/
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Word forms
thingy
thingies
thingie
thingee
thingier
thingiest
Etymology
From thing + -y (diminutive suffix).
Synonyms
Sorted by number of Google hits
widget
hickey
gizmo
thingy
gimmick
thingie
jigger
gismo
gubbins
whatsit
thingamajig
doodad
whatchamacallit
doohickey
thingo
thingamabob
thingummy
whatsis
thingumajig
thingumabob
whatchacallit
Sorted alphabetically
affair
bazinga
bizzo
dealie
dealy
dinglehopper
dingus
dohickey
dojigger
dongle
doo-hickey
doober
doodah
doofer
doohickus
doohinkey
doohinkus
doojigger
doovalacky
foobar
foo
frammis
frobnitz
gadget
geegaw
gewgaw
gingambob
gingumbob
hodad
hootenanny
jawn
jimbang
jobber
jobby
joint
junk
kajigger
Related words
Derived words
Translations
Azerbaijani: şey
Azerbaijani: zad
Azerbaijani: adı bilinməz
Basque: zera
Bulgarian: как се казваше
Bulgarian: такова
Catalan: daixonses
Catalan: fòtil
Danish: dims
Danish: tingest
Danish: dippedut
Danish: himstregims
Dutch: dinges
Esperanto: umo
Finnish: juttu
Finnish: kapine
Finnish: vekotin
French: bidule
French: machin
French: truc
French: chose
Galician: conto
Galician: couso
Galician: aquel
Galician: aqueloutro
Galician: aquela
Georgian: რაღაცა
German: Dings
German: Dingsbums
German: Dingsda
German: Etwas
Greek: μαραφέτι
Greek: μαντζαφλάρι
Ancient Greek: σκινδαψός
Hungarian: izé
Hungarian: micsoda
Hungarian: hogyishívják
Icelandic: dót
Italian: coso
Italian: qualcosa
Italian: robo
Japanese: あれ
Japanese: やつ
Māori: mea
Navajo: ńléí
Navajo: eidí
Navajo: eii
Norwegian: duppeditt
Norwegian: dippedutt
Norwegian Bokmål: dingsbums
Persian: چیز
Polish: wihajster
Polish: ustrojstwo
Polish: śmeges
Polish: tenteges
Polish: dzyndzel
Polish: dynks
Polish: pierdzielnik
Polish: gżdynks
Polish: pipsztyk
Portuguese: treco
Portuguese: negócio
Portuguese: bagaça
Portuguese: coisa
Portuguese: troço
Portuguese: bagulho
Portuguese: cena
Romanian: chestie
Russian: шту́ка
Russian: шту́чка
Russian: штуко́вина
Spanish: chisme
Spanish: chirimbolo
Spanish: coso
Spanish: chunche
Spanish: perol
Spanish: caroto
Swedish: grej
Swedish: pryl
Swedish: manick
Swedish: tingest
Tamil: இது
Ukrainian: цей
Ukrainian: цейво́
Ukrainian: той
Ukrainian: тойво
Ukrainian: як його
Ukrainian: штука
Vietnamese: gì đó
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