gadget

[ gaj-it ]

/ ˈgædʒ ɪt /

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noun

a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.

Origin of gadget

1850–55; origin uncertain; compare French gâchette the catch of a lock, sear of a gunlock

SYNONYMS FOR gadget

contraption; whatsis, doohickey, thingamajig.

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OTHER WORDS FROM gadget

gadg·et·y

[gaj-i-tee] /ˈgædʒ ɪ ti/, adjective

Words nearby gadget

gadabout, gadarene, gaddafi, gaddi, gadfly, gadget, gadgeteer, gadgetry, gadgie, gadhelic, gadid

Example sentences from the Web for gadget

The estimated ship date of the gadget is December 2014—perfect timing to say sayonara to smoking forever.

Nothing Says I Love You Like Data |The Daily Beast |December 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The gadget goes for $75 and can be reused nearly 40 times before the battery needs to be recharged.

New Gadget Detects Date Rape Drugs, But Will Women Use It? |Natalie Raschke |July 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Coin has created a gadget the size of a single credit card that can store payment data for all the cards in your wallet.

Coin Promises Freedom From A Wallet Full of Cards |Lauren DeLisa Coleman |November 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
To be sure, I use a lot of gadget shortcuts: slow cooker, sous vide, now a pressure cooker.

Friday Forum: How often do you cook? |Megan McArdle |January 11, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Yet despite the obvious need for a solution, when the young women first proposed their gadget, engineers were skeptical.

sOccket Inventors: Being Young and Stubborn Helps Innovation |Casey Schwartz |March 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
But the company he was trying to sell his gadget to wanted me to take a look at it as an observer.

With No Strings Attached |Gordon Randall Garrett (AKA David Gordon)
"You sold me a gadget I didn't need five years ago," said Chambers.

Empire |Clifford Donald Simak
Artie looked at the gadget, sitting and whistling on the floor of the lab, then turned a bleak-but-still-hopeful glance my way.

Double or Nothing |Jack Sharkey
Nelson fished through his pack until he felt the familiar shape of the gadget he wanted.

The Happy Man |Gerald Wilburn Page
He rang and rang and rang, on the cut-off line with his gadget hooked in to call July the twelfth.

Sam, This is You |William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for gadget

gadget

/ (ˈɡædʒɪt) /

noun

a small mechanical device or appliance

any object that is interesting for its ingenuity or novelty rather than for its practical use

Derived forms of gadget

gadgety, adjective

Word Origin for gadget

C19: perhaps from French gâchette lock catch, trigger, diminutive of gâche staple

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