thingy
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- noun
- /ˈθɪŋi/
- Informal
- Can you hand me that thingy over there on the table?
- a little thingy
- a plastic thingy
- a sharp thingy
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Watch on YouTubeThe whole side quest thingy was boring.
- The whole side quest thingy was boring.
- I also got this really nice glass lemon squeezer thingy, like citrus squeezer.
- And then I'll take my little hand electric frother mixer thingy and mix it up really good.
- Or, you know, whatever the green thingy with the poking bits in is.
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Luckily, there were a lot of capable people working on the thingies from start to finish.
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Sorry about the little thingy on the camera.
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And that thing, that thingy right there should have units of what?
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You can just put the thingy on the thing.
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And then this is the center runner thingy for a table.
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Wait a minute, is this what that altar thingy is for?
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So where are the journal thingies you were talking about?
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Mommy made the tortilla thingy from scratch.
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Then she took me to this huge grocery store thingy called Jungle Jim's... such a cool place.
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In the last two days, my third job (the passion-hobby-thingy) has been really super busy.
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Synonyms
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1.0
An unknown object or idea that is not named
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Something you do not know or cannot name
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9.9
A small object whose name you do not know
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8.7
A small thing or device whose name you do not know
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9.6
An informal word for an object or person whose name you cannot remember
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9.9
A word for an object whose name you do not know
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9.2
A simple word for an object you cannot remember the name of
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A small object whose name you cannot remember
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A word people use for a person or object when they forget its name
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9.6
A thing whose name you do not know or remember
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A thing whose name you cannot remember
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9.9
A casual word for a person or thing whose name you do not know
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9.9
A small tool or object you forget the name of
A small object whose name you do not know
An object whose name you do not know or have forgotten
An object whose name you don't know or have forgotten
A word for a person or thing whose name you cannot remember
A word for something whose name you cannot remember
A word used for an object when you forget its name
A small device you do not know the name of
A small object used when you do not know its name
A person or thing with no name
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thingy comes from thing + -y, where thing means an object and -y makes the word casual or 'small'. That is why people say thingy when they cannot remember or do not need the exact name of an object.