单词 | thingamajig |
释义 | thingamajig /thing"euh meuh jig'/, n. Informal. a gadget or other thing for which the speaker does not know or has forgotten the name. Also, thingumajig. [1870-75; thingum or thingummy + JIG1, metrically patterned like GOBBLEDYGOOK, RIGAMAROLE; thingum perh. orig. from the gradational compound thingum-thangum (based on THING1) with the same terminal syllable as in CRINKUM-CRANKUM, HARUM-SCARUM, trinkum-trankum, the ult. orig. of which is unclear] |
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