thingamajig

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• /ˈθɪŋəməˌd͡ʒɪɡ/
  Play
• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play

From thingum or thingummy + jig, metrically patterned like gobbledygook, rigamarole. Compare thingamabob, etc. Earliest citation from 1824 as thingumajigs.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بتاعة (betāʕa) — something that one does not know the name of
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܸܢܵܐ (hinnā) — something that one does not know the name of
• Catalan: daixonses — something that one does not know the name of
• Chinese Mandarin: 玩意兒 /玩意儿 (wányìr) — something that one does not know the name of
• Czech: tentononc — something that one does not know the name of
• Dutch: dinges — something that one does not know the name of
• Esperanto: umo — something that one does not know the name of
• Finnish: härveli — something that one does not know the name of
• Finnish: vehje — something that one does not know the name of
• Finnish: kapistus — something that one does not know the name of
• Finnish: kapine — something that one does not know the name of
• French: truc — something that one does not know the name of
• French: bidule — something that one does not know the name of
• French: patente — something that one does not know the name of
• French: machin — something that one does not know the name of
• French: trucmuche — something that one does not know the name of
• Georgian: ისარაქვია (isarakvia) — something that one does not know the name of
• German: Dingsbums — something that one does not know the name of
• German: Dingsda — something that one does not know the name of
• Ancient Greek: σκινδαψός (skindapsós) — something that one does not know the name of
• Hungarian: izé — something that one does not know the name of
• Italian: coso — something that one does not know the name of
• Korean: 거시기 (geosigi) — something that one does not know the name of
• Korean: 뭐뭐뭐 (mwomwomwo) — something that one does not know the name of
• Māori: mea — something that one does not know the name of
• Polish: wihajster — something that one does not know the name of
• Polish: ustrojstwo — something that one does not know the name of
• Polish: śmeges — something that one does not know the name of
• Polish: tenteges — something that one does not know the name of
• Polish: dzyndzel — something that one does not know the name of
• Polish: dynks — something that one does not know the name of
• Polish: pierdzielnik — something that one does not know the name of
• Polish: gżdynks — something that one does not know the name of
• Polish: pipsztyk — something that one does not know the name of
• Portuguese: coisa — something that one does not know the name of
• Portuguese: cena — something that one does not know the name of
• Portuguese: treco — something that one does not know the name of
• Portuguese: troço — something that one does not know the name of
• Russian: штуко́вина (štukóvina) — something that one does not know the name of
• Swedish: grunka — something that one does not know the name of
• Swedish: tingest — something that one does not know the name of
• Swedish: mojäng — something that one does not know the name of
• Swedish: grejsimojs — something that one does not know the name of
• Turkish: zamazingo — something that one does not know the name of
• Turkish: zımbırtı — something that one does not know the name of
• Turkish: dalga dümen — something that one does not know the name of
• Turkish: dümen — something that one does not know the name of
• Ukrainian: цейво́ (cejvó) — something that one does not know the name of
• Yiddish: װי־רופֿט־מען־עס (vi-ruft-men-es) — something that one does not know the name of