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I'm not very experienced with boys or the whole dating thingy.
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Meaning of "thingy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THINGY

thingy  [ˈθɪŋɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THINGY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thingy 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 THINGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Thingy

Thingy may refer to: ▪ a placeholder name ▪ Thingy, an Indie rock band ▪ Slang for Thing ▪ Thingee, an alien puppet character featured on children's television shows in New Zealand in the late 1980s and early 1990s, often accompanying Jason Gunn ▪ The object pointed to by a hard reference in the Perl programming language...

Definition of thingy in the English dictionary

The definition of thingy in the dictionary is an object, esp one whose name is unknown or temporarily forgotten.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THINGY


clingy
ˈklɪŋɪ
dinghy
ˈdɪŋɪ
lingy
ˈlɪŋɪ
puddingy
ˈpʊdɪŋɪ
shilingi
ˈʃɪlɪŋɪ
springy
ˈsprɪŋɪ
stringy
ˈstrɪŋɪ
swingy
ˈswɪŋɪ
wingy
ˈwɪŋɪ
zingy
ˈzɪŋɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THINGY

thing
thing-in-itself
thingamabob
thingamajig
thingamy
thingamybob
thingamyjig
thinghood
thinginess
thingliness
thingness
things
thingumabob
thingumajig
thingumbob
thingummy
thingummybob
think
think again
think better of

WORDS THAT END LIKE THINGY

bungy
dingy
dungy
fringy
grungy
gungy
loungy
lozengy
mangy
mingy
orangy
pongy
rangy
scroungy
singsongy
slangy
spongy
stingy
tangy
twangy

Synonyms and antonyms of thingy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thingy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THINGY

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cosita
570 millions of speakers

English

thingy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

thingy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ممتزوجات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

штуковина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coisinha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অজানা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bidule
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perkara itu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ding
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブツ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

꼬추
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thingy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thingy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அறியாத பொருள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वस्तू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zımbırtı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

thingy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

thingy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

штуковина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chestia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πραγματάκι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dingetjie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

thingy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thingy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thingy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THINGY»

The term «thingy» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.813 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THINGY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «thingy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «thingy» 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 thingy

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QUOTES WITH «THINGY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word thingy.
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Vanessa Hudgens
I'm not very experienced with boys or the whole dating thingy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THINGY»

Discover the use of thingy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thingy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Freddie Fernortner #2: Fearless First Grader: the Super ...
It's a night of thrills and chills for Freddie Fernortner, fearless first grader!
Johnathan Rand, 2005
2
Thingy Things: Lamby Lamb, Snaily Snail, Goosey Goose, and ...
Lamby Lamb, Snaily Snail, Goosey Goose, and Doggy Dog Chris Raschka. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, ...
Chris Raschka, 2013
3
How to Start a Successful Business in a Recession
As an example we will illustrate two different ads in two different publications, both advertising the same product - a standard "thingy!" Our first advertisement is a direct response ad placed in the classified section of the local 'Thingy Floggers  ...
W. Nicholas (Editor)
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Advanced Perl Programming
PL Writing My/Thingy/test.pl Writing My/Thingy/Changes Writing My/Thingy/ MANIFEST You can see the dreaded XS file in there, but don't worry about that for now. Next, leave that alone and developyour Inline::C-based program. Run it with ...
Simon Cozens, 2005
5
Happy Lucky Thingy Journal
A great place to write down your thoughts, no matter what your mood!
Beacon Street Girls, 2005
6
Pro Jakarta Velocity: From Professional to Expert
6.99, 1); INSERT INTO Products VALUES(11, 'Standard Thingy', 'A standard thingy with no useful features', 18.99, 2); INSERT INTO Products VALUES(12, ' Professional Thingy', 'A thingy for professionals', 12.99, 2); INSERT INTO Products ...
Rob Harrop, 2004
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The Sillymarillion: An Unauthorized Parody of J.R.R. ...
CHAPTER FOUR OF THINGY AND MEDIAN Median, as has been told, was a Mayo. Among her people she was thought of as verybeautiful, but shehad a reputation forsharingher affections a little too frequently– her name meant “easy ...
D.R. Lloyd, 2014
8
The Genius with the 225 IQ
Thingy thing.” Zaki smiled. “You must be a little more specific than that, my little darling,” he said. “What kind of thingy thing?” “Thing to play with.” “Yes, my sugar baby, a thingy thing to play with. What kind of things does the thingy thing have?
Adam Pfeffer, 2011
9
Euro-Par 2005 Parallel Processing: 11th International ...
... while (tempitem->data = Take(len)) { tempitem->len = *len; for (i=0;i<tempitem- >len[0];i++) { ((int *) tempitem->data[0])[i] += 250; } Give(tempitem->data, tempitem->len); } eSkel_molecule_t * StrangeStage (eSkel_molecule_t *thingy) { } static ...
José Cardoso Cunha, Pedro D. Medeiros, 2005
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The Cujo Cat Chronicles 2: The Chaos Continues
Conclusion. Thingy. Stick a fork in me (if you dare) I'm done. My paws are tired. My brain is drained. There is a sunbeam in the bay window that requires me to go and nap in it. However, the two leggers have informed me that I am supposed to ...
Douglas Dunn/Cujo, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THINGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thingy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Here's A Thingy Tracking NBA Teams' Nerd Ratings Through History
FiveThirtyEight has a cool interactive up today by Nate Silver and frenemy of the program Reuben Fischer-Baum, calculating the Elo ratings throughout history ... «Deadspin, May 15»
2
(VIDEO) Arcata's Weird New Circle Thingy Explained
The City of Arcata has posted a slick video to YouTube in an attempt to educate its citizenry about how to to wrap brains around the recently completed Bicycle ... «Lost Coast Outpost, Apr 15»
3
Go inside Abbey Road Studios with Google's ace new interactive …
Go inside Abbey Road Studios with Google's ace new interactive thingy. Posted at 5:10 pm, April 15, 2015 in Music & Nightlife · Screen Shot 2015-04-15 at ... «Time Out London, Apr 15»
4
What the Heck Is It? Cutting-Edge Phone Thingy 'Runcible' Tries to …
Among the interesting ways in which the Firefox OS software is storming the mobile world of Samsung Electronics (005930KS) and Apple (AAPL) and Google ... «Barron's, Mar 15»
5
Get Ready To Have Your Hair Braid Thingy BLOWN By This First …
Remember when Avatar first came out, and there were people who got all depressed because they couldn't go to Pandora for real? Well, five years later they're ... «PerezHilton.com, Feb 15»
6
Taco Bell Unleashes “Quesalupa” Thingy With Cheese-Stuffed Shell …
caseoflupus Remember when Conan O'Brien visited the test kitchen at Taco Bell HQ and got to taste something whose name sounded like “Case of Lupus”? «The Consumerist, Feb 15»
7
The Heart Breakfast Thingy
You'll be a winner of the Thames Valley's most elusive prize, the Heart Breakfast Golden Thingy! Watch Claire from Cholsey receiving her Golden Thingy. «Heart, Jan 15»
8
To Get Almonds Out Of Trees You Send A Vibrating Truck Thingy
I try to pride myself on knowing where Things come from, but one of the glories of Western civilization is that there are too many Things to know where they all ... «Jalopnik, Dec 14»
9
It's Under the Thingy
Ezra Johnson: It's Under the Thingy at Freight & Volume gallery Ezra Johnson has unveiled his latest collection of paintings, sculptures, animation, and other ... «Arte Fuse, Oct 14»
10
Week 3 Thingy - Science and Sh*t
Well, I hope the Texans can use my unbiased scientific research in this post to find ways to improve from here on out. I am just trying to make my thingy the best it ... «Battle Red Blog, Sep 14»

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