variants
or thingumajig
as in thingamabob
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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Lenovo’s claim appears to be that the Legion 9i can fully cool itself with this method, no thingamajig needed.
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Monica Chin, The Verge, 1 Sep. 2023
Shot in 2021, the film apparently featured a crew of Ukrainian gangsters as the henchmen of Hugh Grant’s billionaire arms dealer antagonist, Greg Simmonds (who is brokering the thingamajig deal).
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
In the invitation images, Samsung is teasing at least one new foldable thingamajig.
—Wired, 25 July 2022
Fourteen degrees below zero, the digital vehicle temperature thingamajig told us.
—Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2022
France would eventually do away with the whole officially sanctioned death-sport thingamajig, but not before one final, public spectacle between a knight and a squire took place in 1386.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2021
And if a giant hairy thingamajig can shoot his shot with Nicole Scherzinger, there's hope for us all.
—Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, 9 Nov. 2019
Just 5,352 Martian days after the beloved thingamajig first swung into operation, Oppy had breathed its last.
—Joe Queenan, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2019
There was no tinkering with cars or thingamajigs in the garage because there was no car or garage.
—Rubén Rosario, Twin Cities, 8 June 2017
Monica Chin, The Verge, 1 Sep. 2023
Shot in 2021, the film apparently featured a crew of Ukrainian gangsters as the henchmen of Hugh Grant’s billionaire arms dealer antagonist, Greg Simmonds (who is brokering the thingamajig deal).
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
In the invitation images, Samsung is teasing at least one new foldable thingamajig.
—Wired, 25 July 2022
Fourteen degrees below zero, the digital vehicle temperature thingamajig told us.
—Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2022
France would eventually do away with the whole officially sanctioned death-sport thingamajig, but not before one final, public spectacle between a knight and a squire took place in 1386.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2021
And if a giant hairy thingamajig can shoot his shot with Nicole Scherzinger, there's hope for us all.
—Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, 9 Nov. 2019
Just 5,352 Martian days after the beloved thingamajig first swung into operation, Oppy had breathed its last.
—Joe Queenan, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2019
There was no tinkering with cars or thingamajigs in the garage because there was no car or garage.
—Rubén Rosario, Twin Cities, 8 June 2017
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“Thingamajig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thingamajig. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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