thingamabob
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thingamabob
Where it comes from
Alteration of thingumbob: obsolete thingum (from thing) + bob. Earliest citation from 1751, as thingumbobs.
noun thingamabobs · thingamabobber · thingamybob · thingmabob · thingumabob · thingumbob
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A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
"The tin thingamabob," insisted Mr. Trigget with slow dignity. "Call it what you will. Its purpose is self-evident. It acts as a dispirator—a distributor, that is to say—"
Similar: thingy, whatshisname
Translations
Talk about this word "thingamabob." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thingamabob. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thingamabob. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thingamabob "thingamabob." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thingamabob.Cite this
@misc{thingamabob_2026,
title = {thingamabob},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thingamabob},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
