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Definition of thingamajig noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

thingamajig

noun

NAmE//ˈθɪŋəmədʒɪɡ//

(also thingamabob

NAmE//ˈθɪŋəməˌbɑb//

, thingy) (informal)

used to refer to a thing whose name you do not know or have forgotten, or which you do not want to mention It's one of those thingamajigs for keeping papers together.

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Nearby words

thine determiner
thing noun
thingamajig noun
thingy noun
think verb