thingamabob
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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]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]thingamabob (plural thingamabobs)
Synonyms
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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.