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Examples of gizmo in a Sentence
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 of gizmo from the Web
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None of these gizmos is a substitute for packing your common sense.
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Kirtland Air Force Base, near Albuquerque, became the place where gizmos dreamed up by the Los Alamos brain trust would be manufactured.
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Origin and Etymology of gizmo
origin unknown
First Known Use: 1942
GIZMO Defined for English Language Learners
gizmo
playDefinition of gizmo for English Language Learners
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: a usually small mechanical or electronic device
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