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thingummybob

thingummybob 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 thingummybob

pluralthingummybobs

Questions about thingummybob

What is thingummybob the alternative form of?
Thingummybob is the alternative form of thingamabob.

Words near thingummybob in the dictionary

  1. thingummabobs
  2. thingummajig
  3. thingummajigs
  4. thingummies
  5. thingummy
  6. thingummybob
  7. thingummybobs
  8. thingummyjig
  9. thingummyjigs
  10. thingums
  11. thingumy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thingummybob (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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