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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Alteration of thingumbob: obsolete thingum (from thing) + bob.
Pronunciation
Noun
thingamabob (plural thingamabobs)
- (slang) A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
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- Afrikaans: watsenaam
- Danish: dims c, dingenot c, dippedut c
- Esperanto: umo (eo)
- French: truc (fr), machin (fr), bidule (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Dingsbums (de) n, Dingsda (de) n or m or f
- Greek:
- Ancient: σκινδαψός m (skindapsós)
- Italian: cosa (it) f, coso (it) m
- Maori: mea
- Portuguese: negócio (pt) m
- Russian: штука (ru) f (štuka), штуковина (ru) f (štukovina), фигня (ru) f (fignja), фиговина (ru) f (figovina)
- Spanish: cosa (es) f, coso (es) m, chingadera (es) f
- Swedish: mojäng (sv) c, tingest (sv) c, grunka (sv) c, mackapär (sv) c, manick (sv) c
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