thingy
Part of speech: noun
pron
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tenk-?
Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm
Proto-Germanic *þingą
Proto-West Germanic *þing
Old English þing
Middle English thing
English thing
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English thingy
From thing + -y (diminutive suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: thingies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: thingie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: thingee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: thingie
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: thingee
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: thingier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: thingiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: And as soon as that temperature returns to normal, let’s talk about the thingies that go through your headie at night.
What I should really do, of course, is use a Personal Digital Assistant; one of those tiny hand-held computerette thingies […]
The incorporated technology is based on absolutely serious alt-fact science—that old familiar Einsteiny, time dilation thingy only in reverse— which also forms the basis of much of LaLa Valley's tech AI prowess.
gloss: A penis.
pos: noun
tags: childish
euphemistic
slang
examples: He pulled out his thingy. It was huge.
gloss: A person whose name one cannot recall.
pos: pron
tags: informal
examples: He reminds me of thingy from that film.
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of a thing; tangible.
pos: adj
examples: The most unpleasant, and also the thingiest, the central thing in Foreign Parts, was a giant banyan tree, putting out more and more suckers which created tangled arches, a swollen hiding-place of a tree, a series of organic traps, […]
The secret of even the thingiest SF, the most solid-walnut-to-the-knuckles fantasy, is that you don't need much to summon worlds out of air, so long as the details are the right ones.
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
chingadera
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
kludge
MacGuffin
oojamaflip
rigamajig
shebang
stuff
thingabob
thingamabobber
thingamafuck
thingamajigger
thingamajiggy
thingmabob
thingmajig
thingmy
thingummabob
thingummajig
thingummyjig
thingum
thingymabob
thingymajig
thing
ting
whachacallit
whachamacallit
whaddayacallit
whatchamahoozie
whatdyecallem
whatdoyoucallit
whatnot
whatsaname
whatsitsname
whiff-whaff
whosiewhatsit
whosit
wossisname
wossname
wotsit
yoke
yokibus
Related words: whatshisname
:Category:English placeholder terms
Placeholder name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived words: object thingy
Translations:
lang: Azerbaijani
word: şey
lang: Azerbaijani
word: zad
lang: Azerbaijani
word: adı bilinməz
lang: Basque
word: zera
lang: Bulgarian
word: как се казваше
roman: kak se kazvaše
lang: Bulgarian
word: такова
roman: takova
lang: Catalan
word: daixonses
lang: Catalan
word: fòtil
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 什麽玩意 /什么玩意
roman: shénme wányì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 玩意
roman: wányì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 什麼玩意的 /什么玩意的
roman: shénme wányì de
lang: Danish
word: dims
lang: Danish
word: tingest
lang: Danish
word: dippedut
lang: Danish
word: himstregims
lang: Dutch
word: dinges
lang: Esperanto
word: umo
lang: Finnish
word: juttu
lang: Finnish
word: kapine
lang: Finnish
word: vekotin
lang: French
word: bidule
lang: French
word: machin
lang: French
word: truc
lang: French
word: chose
lang: Galician
word: conto
lang: Galician
word: couso
lang: Galician
word: aquel
lang: Galician
word: aqueloutro
lang: Galician
word: aquela
lang: Georgian
word: რაღაცა
roman: raɣaca
lang: German
word: Dings
lang: German
word: Dingsbums
lang: German
word: Dingsda
lang: German
word: Etwas
lang: Greek
word: μαραφέτι
roman: maraféti
lang: Greek
word: μαντζαφλάρι
roman: mantzaflári
lang: Ancient Greek
word: σκινδαψός
roman: skindapsós
lang: Hungarian
word: izé
lang: Hungarian
word: micsoda
lang: Hungarian
word: hogyishívják
lang: Icelandic
word: dót
lang: Italian
word: coso
lang: Italian
word: qualcosa
lang: Italian
word: robo
lang: Japanese
word: あれ
roman: are
lang: Japanese
word: やつ
roman: yatsu
lang: Māori
word: mea
lang: Navajo
word: ńléí
lang: Navajo
word: eidí
lang: Navajo
word: eii
lang: Norwegian
word: duppeditt
lang: Norwegian
word: dippedutt
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: dingsbums
lang: Persian
word: چیز
lang: Polish
word: wihajster
lang: Polish
word: ustrojstwo
lang: Polish
word: śmeges
lang: Polish
word: tenteges
lang: Polish
word: dzyndzel
lang: Polish
word: dynks
lang: Polish
word: pierdzielnik
lang: Polish
word: gżdynks
lang: Polish
word: pipsztyk
lang: Portuguese
word: treco
lang: Portuguese
word: negócio
lang: Portuguese
word: bagaça
lang: Portuguese
word: coisa
lang: Portuguese
word: troço
lang: Portuguese
word: bagulho
lang: Portuguese
word: cena
lang: Romanian
word: chestie
lang: Russian
word: шту́ка
roman: štúka
lang: Russian
word: шту́чка
roman: štúčka
lang: Russian
word: штуко́вина
roman: štukóvina
lang: Spanish
word: chisme
lang: Spanish
word: chirimbolo
lang: Spanish
word: coso
lang: Spanish
word: chunche
lang: Spanish
word: perol
lang: Spanish
word: caroto
lang: Swedish
word: grej
lang: Swedish
word: pryl
lang: Swedish
word: manick
lang: Swedish
word: tingest
lang: Tamil
word: இது
roman: itu
lang: Ukrainian
word: цей
roman: cej
lang: Ukrainian
word: цейво́
roman: cejvó
lang: Ukrainian
word: той
roman: toj
lang: Ukrainian
word: тойво
roman: tojvo
lang: Ukrainian
word: як його
roman: jak joho
lang: Ukrainian
word: штука
roman: štuka
lang: Vietnamese
word: gì đó