thingamajig
or thing·u·ma·jig
[ thing-uh-muh-jig ]
/ ˈθɪŋ ə məˌdʒɪg /
noun Informal.
a gadget or other thing for which the speaker does not know or has forgotten the name.
Origin of thingamajig
1870–75;
thingum or
thingummy +
jig1, metrically patterned like
gobbledygook,
rigamarole;
thingum perhaps orig. from the gradational compound
thingum-thangum (based on
thing1) with the same terminal syllable as in
crinkum-crankum,
harum-scarum,
trinkum-trankum, the ultimately orig. of which is unclear
Words nearby thingamajig
thine,
thing,
thing or two,
thing-in-itself,
thingamabob,
thingamajig,
thingness,
things are looking up,
thingstead,
thingumabob,
thingy
Example sentences from the Web for thingamajig
By Jove, Madge, I jolly well hoisted him with his own thingamajig!
The Prodigal Father |J. Storer Clouston