Thingamajig

Translation of "thingamajig" into Russian

Noun

thingamajig

thingamajigs pl

Informal countable noun functioning as a placeholder name for an object or person.

разговорное слово-заменитель предмета, название которого забыто

Can you hand me that thingamajig on the shelf?

Передай мне ту штуковину на полке.

Additional translations

простореч., грубоватое слово-заменитель

разговорное обобщённое название предмета

Adjective

thingamajig

Used attributively before another noun to describe something whose specific name is unknown.

эдакий

разговорное прилагательное-заменитель, употребляется перед существительным

He fixed the leak with some thingamajig tape he found in the toolbox.

Он починил протечку какой-то эдакой лентой, которую нашёл в ящике с инструментами.

Noun

An object, device, or gadget whose name is unknown or temporarily forgotten (informal).

Can you hand me that thingamajig on the shelf?

A placeholder term for any person, place, or thing whose specific name one cannot recall.

Thingamajig over there said he would help us.

Adjective

Relating to or characteristic of an unspecified object or improvised solution (used before a noun).

He fixed the leak with some thingamajig tape he found in the toolbox.