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==English==

 

 

===Pronunciation===

* {{rhymes|en|ɪŋi|s=2}}

 

{{en-noun}}

 

# {{lb|en|slang|euphemism|childish}} A [[penis]].

#* {{quote-book|en|year=2004|author=Richard Tinsley|title=Walking on the Son|passage=He pulled out his '''thingy'''. It was huge.}}

 

====Translations====

* Dutch: {{t+|nl|dinges|m}}

* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|umo}}

* Galician: {{t+|gl|conto|m}}, {{t|gl|couso|m}}, {{t+|gl|aquel|m}}, {{t|gl|aqueloutro|m}}, {{t|gl|aquela|f}}

* Georgian: {{t|ka|რაღაცა}}

*: Ancient: {{t|grc|σκινδαψός|m}}

* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|izé}}, {{t+|hu|micsoda}}, {{t+|hu|hogyishívják}}

* Japanese: {{t+|ja|あれ|tr=are}}, {{t+|ja|やつ|tr=yatsu}}

* Maori: {{t|mi|mea}}

* Persian: {{t+|fa|چیز}}

* Polish: {{t+|pl|wihajster|m}}

* Romanian: {{t+|ro|chestie|f}}

* Russian: {{t+|ru|шту́ка|f}}, {{t+|ru|шту́чка|f}}, {{t+|ru|штуко́вина|f}}

#* {{quote-book|en|year=2017|author=Francis Spufford|title=True Stories: And Other Essays|page=128

|passage=The secret of even the '''thingiest''' [[science fiction|SF]], the most solid-walnut-to-the-knuckles fantasy, is that you don't need much to summon worlds out of air, so long as the details are the right ones.}}

 

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