thingamabob

English

Alternative forms

• thingamybob, thingmabob, thingumabob, thingumbob, thingumebob, thingummabob, thingummybob, thingymabob

Etymology

Alteration of thingumbob: obsolete thingum (from thing) + bob.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

thingamabob (plural thingamabobs)

1. (slang) A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:thingy
• See Thesaurus:whatshisname

Translations

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• Afrikaans: watsenaam
• Danish: dims c, dingenot c, dippedut c
• Dutch: dinges (nl) n or m, huppeldepup (nl) n or m
• Esperanto: umo (eo)
• French: truc (fr), machin (fr), bidule (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Dingsbums (de) n, Dingsda (de) n or m or f
• Greek:

  Ancient: σκινδαψός m (skindapsós)

• Italian: cosa (it) f, coso (it) m
• Maori: mea
• Portuguese: negócio (pt) m
• Russian: штука (ru) f (štuka), штуковина (ru) f (štukovina), фигня (ru) f (fignja), фиговина (ru) f (figovina)
• Spanish: cosa (es) f, coso (es) m, chingadera (es) f
• Swedish: mojäng (sv) c, tingest (sv) c, grunka (sv) c, mackapär (sv) c, manick (sv) c