noun
thingamabob
Thingamabob (noun) means an object or person whose real name you cannot remember.
noun
1
An object or person whose real name you cannot remember.
""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—""
— Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados (1923)
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Etymology
An alteration of thingumbob, itself made up of the obsolete word thingum (from thing) and bob; first recorded in 1751 as thingumbobs.
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What is the meaning of thingamabob?
"thingamabob" (noun) means an object or person whose real name you cannot remember.
What is another word for thingamabob?
Other words for "thingamabob" include gismo, thingmabob, doohickey, gubbins, thingumajig, dojigger.
