gizmo
50
7.1
- noun
- /ˈɡɪzmoʊ/
- Informal
- This little gizmo can help you navigate through the app more easily.
- gizmos and gadgets
- ideas and gizmos
- gizmos and systems
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Examples
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Zed trots back to the Poseidon vault door and quickly grabs a little gizmo from his briefcase.
Fiction book (1994) -
We stole their gizmo.
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What kind of gizmo is this?
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I like to put a new gizmo on every day.
Fiction book (1998) -
You use the gizmo to zoom in.
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I present you with this revolutionary gizmo we call... bark!
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This is an amusing little gizmo.
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I've been hoping to see a review of this gizmo from somebody in the SQL community.
Blog text (19) -
They got their gadgets and their gizmos on them.
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Okay, so it can't make tea, but this MakerBot gizmo is pretty dang cool.
Blog text (14)
Synonyms
158
2.9
A small useful tool or machine for a special job
49
7.7
A strange machine or tool that looks complicated and hard to use
42
5.1
A small useful thing or tool for a particular job
30
9.2
A simple word for an object you cannot remember the name of
11
9.9
A small object whose name you do not know
7
9.9
A word for an object whose name you do not know
7
8.7
A small thing or device whose name you do not know
6
9.9
A word people use for a person or object when they forget its name
5
9.6
A thing whose name you do not know or remember
5
3.7
A small new electronic device like a smartwatch or earbuds that makes life easier
3
5.6
A small object whose name you cannot remember
3
7.9
A simple machine made to do a specific job
1
3.0
A small tool that is useful and easy to carry
1
9.9
A small object whose name you do not know
1
9.9
A word for a person or thing whose name you cannot remember
1
9.9
A thing whose name you cannot remember
1
9.9
A word for something whose name you cannot remember
1
8.5
A small device you do not know the name of
1
9.9
Small things you do not know the name of or need
An object whose name you don't know or have forgotten
An object whose name you do not know or have forgotten
A small object used when you do not know its name
How Complex
∞
1.0
136
2.3
∞
2.1
158
2.9
- Informal
50
7.1
- Informal
6
9.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gizmo is a playful American word from the early 1900s used like gadget or 'thingamajig' for a small device when you don't know or forget its name. No one is sure where it first came from, so a helpful way to remember gizmo is to think of any small, clever object whose real name you can't recall. That's why we use gizmo as a quick name for a little tool.