Synonyms
Example Sentences
He broke the gizmo he uses to open and close his garage door.
found all sorts of interesting woodworking gizmos in the garage
Recent Examples on the Web
The bill covers appliances, like refrigerators and clothes dryers, and most electronic gizmos—including televisions, radios, audio and video recorders and playback equipment, and computers.
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Aug. 2023
Outfit the ref with a stopwatch gizmo that syncs up with a sideline clock that keeps track of time lost to the flashing of yellow and red cards, player pratfalls, dives, and insulting histrionics.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
As night falls and blueish lights glint off all the metal and gizmos below them, the sci-fi imagery becomes even more vivid: The kitchen doesn’t look so much constructed but symbiotic, as if a still-operational spacecraft has been embedded so long in a mountain that it’s become part of the terrain.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Some of my colleagues have their eyes set on gadgets and gizmos, like chic, minimalist headphones and high-tech air purifiers for their homes.
—Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 12 July 2023
And that’s what these films are really about — not geopolitical unrest, not bleeding-edge gizmos and gadgets, not IMF teamwork making the rogue-intelligence-operatives-save-the-world dream work.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2023
The, that, that gizmo that turns them into automatic weapons.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 18 July 2023
Those on the go may desire a case with lots of extra storage, such as sleeves and pockets for chargers, styluses, or other gizmos.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023
Participants will rotate through opening worship, meteorite music, space station gizmos and videos, stellar Bible adventures, all-star games, galactic snacks and cosmic crafts.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Aug. 2023
Outfit the ref with a stopwatch gizmo that syncs up with a sideline clock that keeps track of time lost to the flashing of yellow and red cards, player pratfalls, dives, and insulting histrionics.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
As night falls and blueish lights glint off all the metal and gizmos below them, the sci-fi imagery becomes even more vivid: The kitchen doesn’t look so much constructed but symbiotic, as if a still-operational spacecraft has been embedded so long in a mountain that it’s become part of the terrain.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Some of my colleagues have their eyes set on gadgets and gizmos, like chic, minimalist headphones and high-tech air purifiers for their homes.
—Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 12 July 2023
And that’s what these films are really about — not geopolitical unrest, not bleeding-edge gizmos and gadgets, not IMF teamwork making the rogue-intelligence-operatives-save-the-world dream work.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2023
The, that, that gizmo that turns them into automatic weapons.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 18 July 2023
Those on the go may desire a case with lots of extra storage, such as sleeves and pockets for chargers, styluses, or other gizmos.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023
Participants will rotate through opening worship, meteorite music, space station gizmos and videos, stellar Bible adventures, all-star games, galactic snacks and cosmic crafts.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
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origin unknown
First Known Use
1942, in the meaning defined above
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“Gizmo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gizmo. Accessed 5 Sep. 2023.
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