troco — meaning in English
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English meaning
- change verb To become different, or to make something different.
- doohickey noun A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)
- gizmo noun A small device or gadget, especially one whose name or purpose isn't known.
- payback noun Revenge for something someone has done.
- thingamajig noun Something that one does not know the name of.
- thingy noun An informal word for an object whose name the speaker can't recall or doesn't need to state.
- whatchamacallit noun An informal word for an object whose name you can't remember or don't know.
Senses
troco is used for these senses in English:
- change (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
- doohickey (slang, originally, US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)
- gizmo (slang) Something, generally a device, for which one does not know the proper term.
- payback (uncountable) An act of revenge.
- thingamajig (informal) Something that one does not know the name of.
- thingy (informal) A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).
- whatchamacallit (slang) A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.
change — full definition
- verb To become different, or to make something different.
- verb To replace one thing with another, such as clothes or a diaper.
- verb To switch from one train, bus, or vehicle to another during a journey.
- noun The act or result of becoming different.
- noun Coins given back after paying with a larger amount of money than the price.