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Gizmo

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beaten by Whippersnapper on 685 votes

English[edit]

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gizmo

Alternative forms[edit]

gismo, gizmotron

Etymology[edit]

Unknown.

Pronunciation[edit]

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪzmoʊ/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Placeholder name

gizmo (plural gizmos)

(slang) Something, generally a device, for which one does not know the proper term.
Synonyms: gadget, whatchamacallit, thingamajig

Synonyms[edit]

See also Thesaurus:thingy

Translations[edit]

thingy

Bulgarian: джаджа (bg) f (džadža)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 東西／东西 (zh), 玩意兒／玩意儿 (zh) (wányìr)
Finnish: vempain (fi), mokkula (fi), vehje (fi), vekotin (fi), härpäke (fi), kilke (fi), hilavitkutin (fi) (for more technical and sopshisticated gadgets)
French: machin (fr) m, truc (fr) m, bidule (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Dingsbums (de) n
Hungarian: bigyó (hu), izé (hu)
Italian: coso (it) m, cosi (it) m pl, cosa (it) f, cose (it) f pl
Norwegian: dings m, dippedutt m, duppeditt m
Polish: gadżet (pl), ustrojstwo (pl), wihajster (pl) m
Portuguese: coisa (pt) f, negócio (pt) m, troço (pt) m, treco (pt) m, geringonça (pt) f
Russian: шту́ка (ru) f (štúka), штуковина (ru) f (štukovina)
Spanish: chisme (es) m, trasto (es) m, cosa (es) f, (Argentina) coso (es) m, (Latin America) cuestión (es) f, aparato (es) m, chunche (es) m (Costa Rica), coso (es) m (Costa Rica)
Swedish: mojäng (sv) c, mackapär (sv) c, manick (sv) c, grunka (sv) c, tingest (sv) c
Turkish: uğur (tr), şey (tr)