gizmo

gizmo

noun

Definition of GIZMO

an interesting and often novel device with a practical use <found all sorts of interesting woodworking gizmos in the garage>

Synonyms appliance, contraption, contrivance, gimmick, gizmo (also gismo), jigger, widget

Related Words implement, instrument, tool, utensil; ingenuity, innovation, invention; accessory (also accessary), adjunct; mechanism, trick; dingus, doodad, doohickey, hickey, hootenanny [chiefly dialect], thingamabob, thingamajig (or thingumajig), thingummy

Variants of GIZMO

gizmo also gismo