variants
or thingumajigs
as in thingamabobs
a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember
reattach that thingamajig and the machine should work
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Recent Examples of thingamajigs
And this doesn’t include the little four-facial-expression thingamajigs in airport restrooms that ask you to rank cleanliness by touching them.
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thingamajigs
Noun
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But where barrel jeans play with proportions and cuts, these pants are more about doohickeys and thingamabobs, straps, flaps, and pulleys.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Co-writes from Brandi Carlile and vocals from Chris Stapleton can’t save it; the choruses can’t muster up the old dopamine hits; even the trademark Dessner doohickeys seem absent, just uninspired arrangements with heavily Melodyned vocals.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
Pitchfork,
20 Feb. 2026
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But where barrel jeans play with proportions and cuts, these pants are more about doohickeys and thingamabobs, straps, flaps, and pulleys.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There are many immigrants who have lived and worked here for years, have paid taxes, bought cars, appliances, other whatnots and have contributed to this country’s economy.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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These new doodads are often flashy, but always seem a little off the mark.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Thingamajigs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thingamajigs. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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