What is another word for thingummy?

Pronunciation: [θˈɪŋɡəmˌi] (IPA)

Thingummy is a term used for an object that cannot be precisely identified or named. It is often used as a placeholder when the speaker cannot remember the actual name of what they are referring to. Synonyms for thingummy could include whatchamacallit, doohickey, gizmo, doodad, widget, thingamajig, and contraption. These words are all used to describe an object that may have a unique function or purpose, but the speaker cannot recall the specific name. Using synonyms for thingummy can help to clarify the meaning when communicating with others and can also add a playful touch to language.

What are the hypernyms for Thingummy?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Thingummy

You may speak of them as Mr. What's-his-name, or Miss thingummy, but you must give them tea or coffee or cake or sandwiches, or whatever is brought in on a tray.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Because if we hadn't, the Bottle Man would never have come sailing down to see us, and he might still be thinking Aunt Ailsa had married the Mr. thingummy, when she hadn't at all.
"Us and the Bottleman"
Edith Ballinger Price
"This," said Plummer sombrely, gazing over the rail into the darkness, "is the place where that fellow what's-his-name jumped off in the reign of thingummy, isn't it?"
"A Damsel in Distress"
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Famous quotes with Thingummy

  • Work, the what's-its-name of the thingummy and the thing-um-a-bob of the what d'you-call-it.
    P. G. Wodehouse

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