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Meaning of "thingamabob" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THINGAMABOB

thingamabob  [ˈθɪŋəməˌbɒb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THINGAMABOB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thingamabob is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THINGAMABOB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Placeholder name

Placeholder names are words that can refer to objects or people whose names are temporarily forgotten, irrelevant, or unknown in the context in which they are being discussed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THINGAMABOB


bob
bɒb
cabob
kəˈbɒb
earbob
ˈɪərˌbɒb
jiggumbob
ˈdʒɪɡəmˌbɒb
kabob
kəˈbɒb
nabob
ˈneɪbɒb
skibob
ˈskiːbɒb
thingamybob
ˈθɪŋəmɪˌbɒb
thingumabob
ˈθɪŋəməˌbɒb
thingumbob
ˈθɪŋəmˌbɒb
thingummybob
ˈθɪŋəmɪˌbɒb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THINGAMABOB

thinclad
thindown
thine
thing
thing-in-itself
thingamajig
thingamy
thingamybob
thingamyjig
thinghood
thinginess
thingliness
thingness
things
thingumabob
thingumajig
thingumbob
thingummy
thingummybob
thingy

WORDS THAT END LIKE THINGAMABOB

blob
boob
cockeye bob
cockeyed bob
emu-bob
fob
gob
handjob
hob
Jacob
job
knob
lob
mob
on the job
on-the-job
plumb bob
rob
skeleton bob
sob

Synonyms and antonyms of thingamabob in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thingamabob» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THINGAMABOB

Find out the translation of thingamabob to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thingamabob from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thingamabob» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

thingamabob
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

thingamabob
570 millions of speakers

English

thingamabob
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

thingamabob
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

thingamabob
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

thingamabob
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

thingamabob
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

thingamabob
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Thingamabob
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Thingamabob
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

thingamabob
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

thingamabob
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

thingamabob
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thingamabob
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thingamabob
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

thingamabob
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बातमबॉब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zımbırtı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

thingamabob
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

thingamabob
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

thingamabob
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

thingamabob
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

thingamabob
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

thingamabob
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

thingamabob
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thingamabob
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thingamabob

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THINGAMABOB»

The term «thingamabob» is normally little used and occupies the 108.785 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THINGAMABOB» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «thingamabob» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «thingamabob» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thingamabob

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THINGAMABOB»

Discover the use of thingamabob in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thingamabob and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Thingamabob
An elephant finds a "thingamabob" and experiments until he discovers what to do with it.
Il Sung Na, 2010
2
Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust ...
The. Thingamabob. game. bIll bIGeloW Compare the six days of the Book of Genesis to the 4 billion years of geologic time. On that scale, one day equals about 666 million years. All day Monday until Tuesday noon Creation was busy getting ...
Bill Bigelow, Bob Peterson, 2002
3
The Play of Words
Name That Thingamabob When you were a kid, you probably played with those small winged thingamabobs that grow on — and contain the seeds of — maple trees. You may have glued them to your nose or watched them spin like pinwheels ...
Richard Lederer, 2010
4
Microsoft Encarta Thesaurus
... nutter 4 (infml) obsession, fixation, mania, craze, preoccupation thingamabob ( mfml) n thing, whatsit (infml), thingamajig (infml), thingummy (infml), thingy (infml) thingamajig (mfml) see thingamabob things n belongings, clothes, possessions, ...
Microsoft, Susan Jellis, 2002
5
Call the Shots
No guy wants his . . . thingamabob to stop working.” She can't be serious. Oh, but I can see she's as serious as a .44 Magnum pointed at my head. If she wanted me to swear on anything else—my arm, my nose, my brain—I'd just go ahead and ...
Don Calame, 2012
6
We Gain More Than We Give: Teaming in Middle Schools
Teaming. The first two chapters in this book attempt to define the "thingamabob" that has come to be called "interdisciplinary teaming." Few practices in education are more often confused for something else than is interdisciplinary teaming.
Thomas S. Dickinson, Thomas Owen Erb, 1997
7
God Damsel
And when the far-flung mascot, Thingamabob, when his heart choked . . . . . . . his ides . . . . ! . . . a bloodseam . . . . . . . . ! “Am Ibegone as an omen wormed . . . . . . on the snap of my lone Apron? . . . . . . . who mistakes treading for grace (?)” .
Reb Livingston, 2010
8
Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary: ...
thingamabob. •. thirteenth. Greek un gusto por todo lo griego F (person, creature): he didn't know what to do, poor d! el pobre no sabía qué hacer; you poor d! ¡ pobrecito!; you lucky d! ¡qué suerte tienes! G (preference, fad) (colloq): opera isn't  ...
Carol Styles Carvajal, Jane Horwood, Nicholas Rollin, 2004
9
How Do You Play That Thingamabob?: The Science of Music ...
In this book, readers gain access to real scientific data pertaining to the science of music performance, promoting graph-reading, comparison, contrast, and calculation skills.
M. Schottenbauer, 2013
10
How Do You Play That Thingamabob? the Science of Music ...
In this book, readers gain access to real scientific data pertaining to the science of music performance, promoting graph-reading, comparison, contrast, and calculation skills.
M. Schottenbauer, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THINGAMABOB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thingamabob is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Results for Saturday, 18 July 2015
Thingamabob (T Galvin), 2. Ignis Caput (David Mulvey), 3. Rollercoaster (Tom Murphy). FLYING FIFTEEN Race 2- 1. Thingamabob (T Galvin), 2. Gulfstream (A ... «Afloat, Jul 15»
2
Ask The Advocate: What's that thingamabob on the highway?
Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG --A Radar Vehicle Detector is attached to a light pole on the eastbound side of I-10 near the Washington Street exit. Advocate ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
3
Ask The Advocate: What's that radar-looking thingamabob on the I-10?
Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG --A Radar Vehicle Detector is attached to a light pole on the eastbound side of I-10 near the Washington Street exit. Advocate ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
4
'The Flash' Season 2: Barry to Get a New Love Interest — His Own …
Assuming for a moment that The Flash snuffs and survives that singularity/black hole thingamabob that was threatening Central City (if not the world) at the close ... «Yahoo News, Jun 15»
5
The Calligraphy Stars of Instagram
What can you make in fifteen seconds? You can't knit a hat or sew a dress. You can't cook a meal or bake a cake. You can't 3-D print a thingamabob or build ... «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
6
NASA has successfully created the first 3D printed object in space
However, what happens if you need an extra thingamabob, but NASA only packed extra whatsits? That's a problem NASA hopes to fix by perfecting 3D printing ... «ExtremeTech, Nov 14»
7
Sam Huntington Starring in 'Finding Sofia' in Argentina
The company is also developing “Prosthesis” at Universal Studios and the non-fiction TV series “ThingamaBob” on the History Channel's H2 network. «Variety, Nov 14»
8
Aaron Duffy and Bob Partington on OK Go's “The Writing's on the Wall”
"The Writing's On the Wall" has also just earned its directors, Aaron Duffy, Damian Kulash, the band's lead singer, and Bob "ThingamaBob" Partington, the ... «Studio Daily, Aug 14»
9
Living Simply: Finding Time, Money and Sanity by Identifing whats …
I can picture my treehouse and a love seat swing thingamabob. I see family parties and girlfriend gatherings. It doesn't have to be big and grand. Just a little ... «ChicagoNow, Jul 14»
10
Finalists announced for VIVID emerging design competition
... (Nicholas Fuller Design Maker), and Thingamabob, a versatile table or seat, made from local QLD FSC certified Hoop Pine plywood by Carl Holder (Foreply). «Architecture and Design, Jul 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Thingamabob [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/thingamabob>. Apr 2024 ».
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