thingamabob
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- thingamybob, thingmabob, thingumabob, thingumbob, thingumebob, thingummabob, thingummybob, thingymabob
Etymology edit
Alteration of thingumbob: obsolete thingum (from thing) + bob.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
thingamabob (plural thingamabobs)
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
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References edit
- ^ “thingamabob”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.