name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gubbins
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɡʌb.ɪnz/
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CMU ARPABET: G AH1 B IH0 N Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Fragments; parings; scraps (especially of fish).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
Assorted stuff, especially if of little value; tat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal, plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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, bagatelle, bag of shells, bric-a-brac, dicky, dicky-bird, fico, fig, flamfew, flyspeck, minuity, niff-naff, picayune, scuddick, sop, ticky-tack, toy, trick, trifle, triviality, whiffle, white chip, bouillabaisse, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology, gallery, congeries, crazyquilt, disjecta membra, farrago, galimatias, gallimaufry, grab bag, hodgepodge, horse and rabbit stew, hotchpotch, hotchpot, job lot, jumble, macedoine, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, motley, odds and ends, oddments, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, salmagundi, slurry, smorgasbord, welter, Whitman's sampler
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Silly person; fool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal
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noun
Meaning 5
A half-savage race said to live in Devonshire, described by the pastoral poet William Browne, among others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 6
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket
- there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gizmo, gismo, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stuff
History
Etymology
Patronymic surname from a variant of the personal name Gibbon.
Ante 1553. From gobbin (“piece, portion, slice”), from Middle English goboun, from Anglo-Norman gobon. Compare with English gobony (“line of alternating squares”).
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: graty — Translations
- Polish: klamoty — Translations
- Polish: rupiecie — Translations
- Spanish: cosos — Translations
- Spanish: chunches — Translations