Meaning & use
Thingamajigger
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An informal term for an object whose name one cannot recall or does not know.
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Hand me that thingamajigger next to the toolbox, would you?
The gadget looked like some kind of thingamajigger for opening jars.
A note on using this word
An extended, playful variant of "thingamajig," itself built from "thing" plus a nonsense suffix common in casual American English.
Words with a similar meaning
thingamajigwhatchamacallit
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