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单词 gadget
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gadgetn.

Brit. /ˈɡadʒᵻt/, U.S. /ˈɡædʒət/
Forms: 1800s–1900s gadjet, 1800s– gadget, 1900s– gadgit, 1900s– gadjit.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps < French gâchette part of a locking mechanism (1478 in Middle French as glachette , probably showing alteration after glacher to slide (see glace v.)), part of the trigger mechanism in a gun (1762; < Middle French, French gâche staple (1294 in northern Old French as gaiche ), iron hook (1383), part of a locking mechanism (a1392) + -ette -ette suffix: see note). However, the correspondence in sense is not exact, and early evidence does not point specifically to a French origin. Compare later gimmick n. and gizmo n., also without a secure etymology.French gâche is probably either (i) < an unattested cognate of Middle Dutch gesp , gespe , gispe hook, buckle, clasp, part of a locking mechanism (Dutch gesp ), Middle Low German gespe , gaspe buckle, probably < the Germanic base (with -s- suffixation and metathesis) of gape v., or perhaps alternatively (ii) < an unattested compound < the Germanic base of y- prefix + the Germanic base of hasp n.).
1. Glass-making. A spring clip attached to a metal rod and used for gripping the foot of a wine glass or other footed glass while the upper part is being shaped. Now historical.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > shaping equipment
ferret1662
punty1662
puntilion1665
pucellas1701
casting-table1728
marble1745
pinching tongs1765
borsella1823
punt1823
marver1832
pontil1832
punto1839
working tube1841
bullion-bar1852
blowing-iron1855
bullion-rod1862
blowpipec1865
pointel1865
gadget1868
casting-slaba1877
casting-plate1881
glass-cutter1881
sand core1894
polissoir1897
pontil rod1934
blowing-machine1940
blowing-pipe-
blowing-tube-
1868 10th Rep. Commissioners Organization & Rules Trades Unions 37/1 in Parl. Papers XXXIX. 445 This wine-glass which I have in my hand was made on the gadget, a small piece of machinery that does away with cutting in the centre of the foot.
1918 P. Marson Glass 83 The servitor has now done his part of the work, and the glass is handed to the workman. It is then cracked off, and the foot caught by a spring clip arrangement attached to a pontil, called a ‘gadget’.
1923 H. J. Powell Glass-making in Eng. 43 Gadget, a spring-clip, attached to a puntee, to hold foot of wine glass, while the bowl is being finished, in order to prevent puntee-mark.
2005 C. Hess & K. Wight Looking at Glass 82 A gadget is a metal rod with a spring clip... It was first used in the eighteenth century to avoid the use of a pontil.
2.
a. Used as an indefinite name for: a (small) mechanical or electronic device, esp. one regarded as ingenious or novel; an ingenious or practical device or tool.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > part of > other parts
tumbler1624
tirl1691
pullback1703
gadget1885
loop1912
doojigger1927
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance > gadget
jigger1874
gadget1885
timenoguy1886
toy1895
widget1924
gimmick1926
boondoggle1935
gizmo1943
1885 Amateur Work, Illustr. 148/3 Grinding [of glass surface plates] is tedious you say. So it is. How shall we lighten it? Eureka! Get the secret accelerating ‘gadget’. Clap it on, and presto! Sixty-four renovated square inches per hour guaranteed.
1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign xii. 314 Each time my gun refuses to go off. I have forgotten to turn on or off some little gadjet or other.
1915 R. Kipling New Army iv. 39 They have installed decent cooking ranges and gas, and the men have already made themselves all sorts of handy little labour-saving gadgets.
1918 Glasgow Evening News 14 Sept. 6 There are a variety of gadjets connected with a motor-car; an aeroplane is replete with them—thermometer, barometer, altimeter, and the pilot only knows what besides.
1985 A la Carte Apr. 39/3 You'll need..some kitchen gadgets: wire whisk, grater, ladle, measuring spoons and cup.
1996 R. Carfagna Divine Designs vii. 121 All sorts of computers, printers, CD-ROM's [sic], laser discs, LCD panels, and other assorted high-tech gadgets.
2017 New Scientist 7 Jan. 19/1 Wearable gadgets such as smartwatches or fitness trackers could use the characteristic way you move to securely pair with other devices on your person.
b. In extended use. An additional or supplementary item; an accessory, appendage, or extra. Now rare.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [noun] > that which accompanies
purtenancea1382
accessory1429
retinue?a1439
accessaryc1475
companion1533
annexe?1541
hanger-ona1555
supply1567
copemate1581
complement1586
fere1593
adjective1597
annexment1604
annexary1605
attendant1607
adherence1610
adjacent1610
wife1616
fellower1620
coincident1626
attendancy1654
associate1658
appanage1663
conjunct1667
perquisite1667
familiar1668
satellite1702
accompaniment1709
accompanying1761
side dish1775
obbligato1825
shadow1830
rider1859
gadget1917
1917 Daily Chron. 3 Aug. The Prussian assessor [= state lawyer] with his monocle and ornamental gadgets.
1922 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 421/1 I had to work with concordances, glossaries, all sorts of gadgets.
1925 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 423 Another waiter offered a selection of ‘gadgets’,—the appetising morsels of anchovy, stuffed-olive, or pâté.
1973 S. C. Welch & M. Zebrowski Flower from Every Meadow 116/1 The prince is..surrounded by a battery of ornamental gadgets, such as water pipes, salvers of sweetmeats, boxes of prepared betel nut (pan), his shield, and flowers.
c. An ingenious or novel procedure; an ingenious trick or scheme; a gimmick. See also gadget play n. at Compounds 2.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient
costOE
craftOE
custc1275
ginc1275
devicec1290
enginec1300
quaintisec1300
contrevurec1330
castc1340
knackc1369
findinga1382
wilea1400
conject14..
skiftc1400
policy?1406
subtilityc1410
policec1450
conjecturea1464
industry1477
invention1516
cunning1526
shift1530
compass1540
chevisance1548
trade1550
tour1558
fashion1562
invent?1567
expediment1571
trick1573
ingeny1588
machine1595
lock1598
contrival1602
contrivement1611
artifice1620
recipea1643
ingenuity1651
expedient1653
contrivance1661
excogitation1664
mechanism1669
expediency1683
stroke1699
spell1728
management1736
manoeuvre1769
move1794
wrinkle1817
dodge1842
jigamaree1847
quiff1881
kink1889
lurk1916
gadget1920
fastie1931
ploy1940
1920 P. G. Wodehouse in Collier's 29 May 38/2 He wondered whether he had made a frightful ass of himself, spraying bank notes all over the place... No, absolutely not. Rummy as the gadget might appear, it had been the right thing to do.
1941 L. R. Gibbs Antioch Rev. 1 54 A perception of the danger of breaking from tradition in order to adopt some brand-new political gadget.
2010 E. R. Morse Juggernaut 422 Like all free insurance, these economic gadgets tend to encourage riskier behaviour.
3. Nautical and Navy slang. A thing whose name the speaker or writer does not know, cannot remember, or does not care to specify precisely; a ‘thingummy’. Cf. gilguy n. 2. Obsolete except as overlapping with senses 2a, 2b.
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the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown
swilk and swilkc1175
thinga1325
what-call-ye-him1473
who knows what?1548
I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568
God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569
washical1575
what-d'ye-call-'em1593
so-and-so1596
whiblin1604
so-fortha1616
jiggumboba1625
know-not-whata1642
thingum1652
thingum-thangum1684
what's-his-name1697
something or other1706
thingummy1737
thingamabob1751
something1764
what's-her-name1816
conundrum1817
thingamerry1819
thingamajig1824
somebody1825
what's-its-name1839
whangdoodle1852
thingummytite1865
dingus1866
what-not1876
whatsita1882
gilguy1883
gadget1886
dingbat1894
doohickey1914
oojah1917
oojah capivvy1917
oojiboo1918
doodad1920
tiddlypush1923
whosis1923
thingy1927
doodah1928
doofer1937
hootenanny1940
whatchamacallit1942
gizmo1943
frammis1948
whosit1948
whifflow1961
oobyjiver1963
whatsisface1967
oojamaflip1970
what's-her-face1980
1886 R. Brown Spunyarn & Spindrift xxxi. 378 Then the names of all the other things on board a ship! I don't know half of them yet; even the sailors forget at times, and if the exact name of anything they want happens to slip from their memory, they call it a chicken-fixing, or a gadjet, or a gill-guy, or a timmey-noggy, or a wim-wom—just pro tem., you know.
1886 Proc. U.S. Naval Inst. 12 283 We encourage the use of flimsy devices, the ‘gilguys and gadgets’ dear to the heart of the topman in a man-of-war.
1914 ‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions 142 ‘Look here, old lady, here's a gadget I got for you—’ he fumbled with the tissue paper enclosing a little leather case.
1918 R. W. Kauffman Our Navy at War xiii. 194 You know, in the Marines, when we can't think of the generic name for anything, we call it a ‘gadget’ or a ‘gilguy’. Now, this man has won two Congressional Medals and has another coming. When we sighted the French coast..I heard him say: ‘I got two o' them gadgets now, an' one on its way. I wonder if I'll get another over here.’
4. A winch or similar mechanical gear used in unloading cargo from vessels; (also) a boat or vessel equipped with such gear. Now historical and rare.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > for hoisting things into or out of ship
garnet1485
derrick1756
stay-tackle1815
gin1836
gadget1891
1891 App. Jrnls. House of Representatives N.Z. (2nd Sess. 11th Parl.) I. C.–3. 114 Before the cranes we had what was called the gadget or shifting shoots.
1899 Bristol Times & Mirror 10 June 3/8 The gadget which was used in the discharge of vessels was being towed down the Harbour... The man who was steering the gadget rather lost his head... There was ample room for the gadget to have passed through if it had been steered properly.
1931 Bristol Times & Mirror 16 May Pulley gear was rigged to the stays or spars of the sailing ship over the hold, and the heaving rope passed to the winch drum of the gadget lying alongside.
1960 Shipping World 13 Jan. 44/1 The original ‘Gadget’ was also the invention of a Bristol master stevedore in the 1870's; it consisted of a barge on which was mounted a steam winch powered by a donkey boiler.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, appositive, objective, and instrumental (in sense 2a).
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1914 Aeroplane 29 Jan. 114/2 The arrival of the fool-proof aeroplane, which the birth of ‘gadget’ devices seems to herald.
1924 Illustr. London News 24 May 931/2 A paradise for the ‘gadget-loving’ boy.
1941 Amer. Speech 16 316/2 Gadget bag, a case for camera accessories.
1945 Poetry Q. Winter 148 The kind of air-conditioned, chromium-plated, gadget-ridden existence which is now considered desirable.
1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating xii. 252 Of course, MT does capture the imagination, especially of the gadget-minded public.
2017 Independent (Nexis) 8 May 37 I'm a bit of a gadget freak sometimes and other times I just want to throw all technology into the sea.
C2.
gadget-happy adj. obsessed with or characterized by the acquisition of gadgets.
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1946 Consumers' Guide (U.S.) May 16/1 Job-hungry GI's and gadget happy housewives make shining targets for swindlers.
1992 Economist 11 Jan. 67/3 Oddly for a gadget-happy nation, the Japanese computer-users buy in old-fashioned ways.
2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 14 Nov. (Central ed.) b6/3 The personal DVD player often seen on the airplane tray tables of gadget-happy business travelers.
gadget play n. American Football an unusual and often elaborate offensive play, in which misdirection and unorthodox tactics are used to deceive the opposing team; a trick play.
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1959 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 13 Aug. 45/5 Los Angeles Rams' coach Sid Gillman says he expects to see many unorthodox, ‘gadget’ plays this season in pro football... ‘Gadget plays, when they work, make the defense feel ridiculous.’
1995 A. Hooper Front Page Sports Football PRO '95 ii. 65/1 They need to consider running a more inventive scheme, employing misdirection and the occasional gadget play.
2010 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 11 Aug. b1/3 He also ran many gadget plays during his four-year tenure with the Steelers.

Derivatives

gadgeˈteer n. a person given to acquiring or using gadgets; (occasionally) an inventor of gadgets.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with other specific tools or equipment
presser1545
stamper1556
blocker1609
benchman1658
engineman1777
squaremanc1790
kettleman1833
vice-man1837
poleman1859
tackle-man1859
ladler1875
sand-blaster?1881
ticket chopper1898
cager1908
gadgeteer1926
paint sprayer1928
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance > user or maker of
gadgeteer1926
1926 Times of India 16 Nov. 11/2 Having bought it [sc. a gadget], why is it so often neglected or even ill-treated? Is it the fault of the gadget, or the gadgeteer?
1964 M. Gowing Brit. & Atomic Energy 1939–45 ii. 82 They did not even commit the error ascribed to ‘gadgeteers’, of believing they had a monopoly of their invention.
2014 Independent (Nexis) 20 Dec. There are gifts for hardcore gadgeteers, big kids and fitness fans.
ˈgadgetry n. gadgets collectively; the use of gadgets.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance > collectively
gadgetry1920
gimmickry1952
1920 Brit. Weekly & Christian World 19 Aug. 4/1 The door of my bedroom in one great American hotel was a blazing triumph of sheer gadgetry.
1957 London Mag. Aug. 52 It is a scarcely individualized appetite that desires gadgetry and goods, and calls them Utopia.
1967 Daily Tel. 29 Mar. 12/7 Despite the latest gadgetry—echo-sounders, freezer trawlers, automatic gear—the commercial sea fisherman remains basically a hunter.
2014 Daily Mirror 15 Aug. 48 Why not think about investing in some on-the-go gadgetry to help with the stresses that come from busy everyday life.
ˈgadgety adj. having the qualities or characteristics of a gadget; fitted with a gadget or gadgets; given to acquiring or using gadgets.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [adjective] > parts of
take-off1869
spring-loaded1871
retractile1879
gadgety1934
1934 Harper's Mag. July 178/2 The car of 1934 with its excess hood and fenders looks as gadgety and awkward as the first of the ‘fore-door bodies’ look to us to-day.
1962 Punch 19 Sept. 397/1 A good gadgety camera.
1987 Orange Coast Aug. 159/1 Bond became so ‘gadgety’ with each film that by the time You Only Live Twice (1967) was released, he'd become more of a mechanical comic book hero than anything else.
2016 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 20 Oct. (Features section) 10 The hotel..has retained many of the original features..whilst also providing all the gadgety mod-cons a tech savvy guest could wish for.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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