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How to use thingy in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun, pronoun, adjective

Thingy means a thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name). Example: “He reminds me of thingy from that film.”

Examples of thingy by meaning

nounA thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).

  • And as soon as that temperature returns to normal, let’s talk about the thingies that go through your headie at night.1996, Antonio Skármeta, translated by Jonathan Tittler, Love-Fifteen, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Latin American Literary Review Press, →ISBN, page 115
  • The incorporated technology is based on absolutely serious alt-fact science—that old familiar Einsteiny, time dilation thingy only in reverse— which also forms the basis of much of LaLa Valley's tech AI prowess.2023, Steve G Romaniuk, Tales from the Alternate Universe: Vol. 1

nounA penis.

  • He pulled out his thingy.2004, Richard Tinsley, Walking on the Son

pronounA person whose name one cannot recall.

  • He reminds me of thingy from that film.

adjectiveResembling or characteristic of a thing; tangible.

  • The secret of even the thingiest SF, the most solid-walnut-to-the-knuckles fantasy, is that you don't need much to summon worlds out of air, so long as the details are the right ones.2017, Francis Spufford, True Stories: And Other Essays, page 128

More sentences with thingy

  • The exterminator will bring a key thingy that can open the bait boxes.From the entry key
  • It’s a flexible thingy with a magnet on one end, for retrieving things from inaccessible places.2017, James May, The Reassembler, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 63. From the entry picker-upperer
  • I keep meaning to unscrew the tension thingy, but somehow it never gets done.1999 May 11, Richard Walsh, quoting Anthea, “The sheep in the living room”, in rec.skiing.alpine (Usenet), archived from the original on…. From the entry shlurp
  • And how many courses or cycles of nature are there in a thingy?1917 July, Edward Norma Harris, “Article II. Why Send Missionaries to the Heathen?”, in G[eorge] Frederick Wright, editor, Bibliotheca…. From the entry undevigintillion
  • We could use Holtzmann's ecto-blaster thingies right about now.2017 July 11, Kevin Hearne, Besieged: Book Nine: Stories from The Iron Druid Chronicles, Del Rey, →ISBN. From the entry ectoblaster
  • Good to see that Heskey knows that ball thingy is supposed to go in the net between those post bizzos.2000 October 16, “Good result but lets not get carried away....”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool (Usenet). From the entry bizzo
  • Nah, I reckon it's all one of those mass testeria thingies, where someone starts saying they're not seeing owt, and then afore you know it we've lost the wotsit.2003 September 26, oiorpata, “Re: poor bloke”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet), message-ID <qm39nvc9ol2g4t0jg18ers6qgfljatqner@4ax.com>. From the entry wotsit
  • As long as she is high up in the air, she reconnoiters the ship and confirms that there is no way off, no handy gangplanks or stairway thingies.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 395. From the entry reconnoiter
  • To answer the latter question first, a thingy is a number represented by a unit followed some say by sixty-four, some by one hundred and forty, ciphers.1917 July, Edward Norma Harris, “Article II. Why Send Missionaries to the Heathen?”, in G[eorge] Frederick Wright, editor, Bibliotheca…. From the entry undevigintillion
  • There were people just about everywhere, packing the garish fluorescent-lit corridors, riding in humming golf carts, escalating up and down escalators, floating along on those George Jetson moving sidewalk thingies.2014, James Patterson, Burn (Michael Bennett), Arrow Books, published 2015, →ISBN, page 32. From the entry escalate

Meaning of thingy

  1. noun A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).
  2. noun A penis.
  3. pronoun A person whose name one cannot recall.

Full definition of thingy

Questions about thingy in a sentence

How do you use thingy in a sentence?
Thingy is used as a noun, pronoun and adjective. For example: “He reminds me of thingy from that film.”
What is a short sentence with thingy?
“He pulled out his thingy.”
What does thingy mean?
Thingy means a thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).

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