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Definitions for thingummy
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gizmo, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widgetnoun

    something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

    "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"

Wiktionary

  1. thingummynoun

    something one does not remember the name of

  2. Etymology: . Compare thingamabob and thingamajig.

ChatGPT

  1. thingummy

    Thingummy is an informal or colloquial term commonly used in British English to refer to an object or person whose name one can't remember, doesn’t know, or can't be bothered to say. It is an equivalent to "thing", "what's its name", "whachamacallit" or "thingamabob" in American English.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of thingummy in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of thingummy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of thingummy in a Sentence

  1. P. G. Wodehouse:

    Work, the what's-its-name of the thingummy and the thing-um-a-bob of the what d'you-call-it.

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