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thingamabobber

thingamabobber is the alternative form of thingamabob.

Meaning of thingamabob

Noun

thingamabob (plural thingamabobs)

  1. (slang) A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
    • "The tin thingamabob," insisted Mr. Trigget with slow dignity. "Call it what you will. Its purpose is self-evident. It acts as a dispirator—a distributor, that is to say—"1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    thingy, whatshisname

Forms of thingamabobber

pluralthingamabobbers

Questions about thingamabobber

What is thingamabobber the alternative form of?
Thingamabobber is the alternative form of thingamabob.

Words near thingamabobber in the dictionary

  1. thing-in-itself
  2. thingabob
  3. thingabobs
  4. thingal
  5. thingamabob
  6. thingamabobber
  7. thingamabobbers
  8. thingamabobs
  9. thingamadoodle
  10. thingamadoodles
  11. thingamafuck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thingamabobber (page history and authors); thingamabob (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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