thingy
UK/ˈθɪŋiː//ˈθɪŋi/
thingy noun: a thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).
Noun
thingy (plural thingies)
- A 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
- What I should really do, of course, is use a Personal Digital Assistant; one of those tiny hand-held computerette thingies […]2013, Iain Banks, Raw Spirit, page 60
- A penis.
- He pulled out his thingy. It was huge.2004, Richard Tinsley, Walking on the Son
- Synonyms:
- anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad
Pronoun (1)
thingy
- A person whose name one cannot recall.
- He reminds me of thingy from that film.
Adjective
thingy (comparative thingier, superlative thingiest)
- Resembling or characteristic of a thing; tangible.
- The most unpleasant, and also the thingiest, the central thing in Foreign Parts, was a giant banyan tree, putting out more and more suckers which created tangled arches, a swollen hiding-place of a tree, a series of organic traps, […]1985, A. S. Byatt, Still Life
- 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
Pronoun (2) capitalized: Thingy
Thingy
- Alternative letter-case form of thingy (“a person whose name one cannot recall”).
- He reminds me of Thingy from that film.
thingy meaning in Tamil, Persian and Vietnamese
thingy in Tamil
- a thing
- இது itu
thingy in Persian
- a thing
- چیز
thingy in Vietnamese
- a thing
- gì đó
Examples of thingy in a sentence
- The exterminator will bring a key thingy that can open the bait boxes.
- It’s a flexible thingy with a magnet on one end, for retrieving things from inaccessible places.
- I keep meaning to unscrew the tension thingy, but somehow it never gets done.
Synonyms of thingy
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Forms of thingy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | thingies |
| alternative form | thingie |
| alternative form | thingee |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | thingier |
| superlative | thingiest |
Origin of thingy
From thing + -y (diminutive suffix).
From thing + -y (adjectival suffix).
Words that rhyme with thingy
Questions about 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).
- What is thingy in Tamil?
- Thingy in Tamil is இது (itu). See Thingy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is thingy?
- Thingy can be a noun, a pronoun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce thingy?
- Thingy is pronounced /ˈθɪŋiː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of thingy?
- The plural of thingy is thingies.
Words near thingy in the dictionary
Source and license
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