"contraption" meaning in English

See contraption in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kənˈtɹæp.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-contraption.ogg , en-au-contraption.ogg Forms: contraptions [plural]
Etymology: Possibly a Western US English dialectal word of unknown origin. Perhaps from contrive + trap + -tion, while also possibly approximating construction. Chambers suggests contrivance + adaption. Neither Chambers nor Concise Oxford suggests a US origin. Compare cantrip, cantrap (Scots dialect), a wilful piece of trickery. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|nocap=1}} unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} contraption (plural contraptions)
  1. A machine that is complicated and precarious. Translations (complicated and precarious machine): κατασκεύασμα (kataskeúasma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), artefacte [masculine] (Catalan), apparaat (Dutch), vekotin (Finnish), vempain (Finnish), vehje (Finnish), hilavitkutin (Finnish), machin [masculine] (French), bidule [masculine] (French), calimbornio [masculine] (Galician), neumodischer Apparat [masculine] (German), irres Gerät [neuter] (German), seltsame Vorrichtung [feminine] (German), Erfindung [feminine] (German), szerkezet (Hungarian), aggeggio [masculine] (Italian), congegno [masculine] (Italian), marchingegno [masculine] (Italian), autaia (Maori), daquòs [masculine] (Occitan), èstre [masculine] (Occitan), engenhoca (Portuguese), geringonça (Portuguese), приспособле́ние (prisposoblénije) (alt: хитроу́мное) [neuter] (Russian), устро́йство (ustrójstvo) (alt: хитроу́мное) [neuter] (Russian), сокоћало [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), artilugio [masculine] (Spanish), invento [masculine] (Spanish), armatoste [masculine] (Spanish), manick (Swedish), zımbırtı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-contraption-en-noun-Aan-4keT Disambiguation of 'complicated and precarious machine': 100 0
  2. (figuratively, derogatory or ironic) Any object. Tags: derogatory, figuratively, ironic Translations (object referred to with irony, derision or contempt): machientje (Dutch), härveli (Finnish), rakkine (Finnish), calimbornio [masculine] (Galician), Ding [neuter] (German), Objekt [neuter] (German), Gerät [neuter] (German), Machwerk [neuter] (German), szerkentyű (Hungarian), trabiccolo [masculine] (Italian), ferro vecchio [masculine] (Italian), catorcio [masculine] (Italian), coso [masculine] (Italian), diavoleria [feminine] (Italian), geringonça (Portuguese), штуко́вина (štukóvina) [feminine] (Russian), шту́чка (štúčka) [feminine] (Russian), ерунда́ (jerundá) [feminine] (Russian), ерундо́вина (jerundóvina) [feminine] (Russian), хрено́вина (xrenóvina) [feminine] (Russian), фигня́ (fignjá) [feminine] (Russian), armatoste (Spanish), zımbırtı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-contraption-en-noun-LbUIRWRV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of 'object referred to with irony, derision or contempt': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (mechanical device): contrivance, device, fandango, gadget, mechanism, construction
Disambiguation of 'mechanical device': 0 0

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Occitan translations",
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      "sense": "mechanical device",
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      "sense": "mechanical device",
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    {
      "sense": "mechanical device",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "artefacte"
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      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "word": "apparaat"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "word": "vekotin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "word": "vempain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "word": "vehje"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "word": "hilavitkutin"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "machin"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "bidule"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "calimbornio"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neumodischer Apparat"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "irres Gerät"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "seltsame Vorrichtung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erfindung"
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      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κατασκεύασμα"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "word": "szerkezet"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aggeggio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "congegno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marchingegno"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "word": "autaia"
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      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "daquòs"
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      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "èstre"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "word": "engenhoca"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "word": "geringonça"
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      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "artilugio"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "invento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "armatoste"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "word": "manick"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "complicated and precarious machine",
      "word": "zımbırtı"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "word": "machientje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "word": "härveli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "word": "rakkine"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "calimbornio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ding"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Objekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gerät"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Machwerk"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "word": "szerkentyű"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trabiccolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ferro vecchio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "catorcio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diavoleria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "word": "geringonça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "štukóvina",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "штуко́вина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "štúčka",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шту́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jerundá",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ерунда́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jerundóvina",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ерундо́вина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xrenóvina",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хрено́вина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fignjá",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фигня́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "word": "armatoste"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "object referred to with irony, derision or contempt",
      "word": "zımbırtı"
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  "word": "contraption"
}

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