Gizmo (Noun)
Meaning 1
Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use".
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The engineer fiddled with the gizmo on the dashboard, trying to figure out what it did.
- She picked up the small gizmo from the table and examined it carefully, but couldn't remember what it was for.
- The instructions told her to attach the gizmo to the side of the machine, but she had no idea what it was supposed to do.
- He was always tinkering with some new gizmo in his workshop, trying to invent the next big thing.
- The salesman showed her a gizmo that was supposed to make cooking easier, but she was skeptical about its usefulness.
Synonyms
- Gubbins
- Thingamajig
- Doojigger
- Doodad
- Thingamabob
- Widget
- Gismo
- Whatchamacallum
- Gimmick
- Thingumabob
- Thingmajig
- Thingummy
- Whatchamacallit
- Whatsis
- Thingumajig
- Doohickey
- Thingmabob
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.