gizmo
56
7.1
- noun
- /ˈɡɪzmoʊ/
- Informal
:
artilugio
- This little gizmo can help you navigate through the app more easily.
- gizmos and gadgets
- ideas and gizmos
- gizmos and systems
Still, though, I've got gadgets and gizmos are plenty.
- Still, though, I've got gadgets and gizmos are plenty.
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
142
2.9
A small useful tool or machine for a special job
59
5.1
A small useful thing or tool for a particular job
54
7.7
A strange machine or tool that looks complicated and hard to use
11
9.9
A small object whose name you do not know
7
8.7
A small thing or device whose name you do not know
7
9.9
A word for an object whose name you do not know
6
9.2
A simple word for an object you cannot remember the name of
6
5.6
A small object whose name you cannot remember
5
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
3
3.7
A small new electronic device like a smartwatch or earbuds that makes life easier
1
7.9
A simple machine made to do a specific job
1
9.9
A thing whose name you cannot remember
A small device you do not know the name of
A small tool that is useful and easy to carry
A word for something whose name you cannot remember
An object whose name you don't know or have forgotten
An object whose name you do not know or have forgotten
A word for a person or thing whose name you cannot remember
A small object whose name you do not know
A small object used when you do not know its name
Small things you do not know the name of or need
How Complex
∞
1.0
115
2.3
∞
2.1
142
2.9
- Informal
56
7.1
- Informal
5
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.