See thingamabob in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Alteration of thingumbob: obsolete thingum (from thing) + bob.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "thingamabobs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "thingamabob (plural thingamabobs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Danish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Maori translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten."
],
"id": "en-thingamabob-en-noun-b3GZspUq",
"links": [
[
"unknown",
"unknown"
],
[
"forgotten",
"forgotten"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "thingy"
},
{
"word": "whatshisname"
},
{
"word": "thingamabobber"
},
{
"word": "thingamybob"
},
{
"word": "thingmabob"
},
{
"word": "thingumabob"
},
{
"word": "thingumbob"
},
{
"word": "thingumebob"
},
{
"word": "thingummabob"
},
{
"word": "thingummybob"
},
{
"word": "thingymabob"
}
],
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"word": "watsenaam"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dims"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dingenot"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dippedut"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "dinges"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "huppeldepup"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"word": "umo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"word": "truc"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"word": "machin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"word": "bidule"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Dingsbums"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Dingsda"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "skindapsós",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σκινδαψός"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cosa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coso"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"word": "mea"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "negócio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štuka",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "штука"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štukovina",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "штуковина"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fignja",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фигня"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "figovina",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фиговина"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cosa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chingadera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mojäng"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tingest"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "grunka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mackapär"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "manick"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-thingamabob.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/En-au-thingamabob.ogg/En-au-thingamabob.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/En-au-thingamabob.ogg"
}
],
"word": "thingamabob"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Alteration of thingumbob: obsolete thingum (from thing) + bob.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "thingamabobs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "thingamabob (plural thingamabobs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English placeholder terms",
"English slang",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Afrikaans translations",
"Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
"glosses": [
"A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten."
],
"links": [
[
"unknown",
"unknown"
],
[
"forgotten",
"forgotten"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-thingamabob.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/En-au-thingamabob.ogg/En-au-thingamabob.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/En-au-thingamabob.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "thingy"
},
{
"word": "whatshisname"
},
{
"word": "thingamabobber"
},
{
"word": "thingamybob"
},
{
"word": "thingmabob"
},
{
"word": "thingumabob"
},
{
"word": "thingumbob"
},
{
"word": "thingumebob"
},
{
"word": "thingummabob"
},
{
"word": "thingummybob"
},
{
"word": "thingymabob"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"word": "watsenaam"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dims"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dingenot"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dippedut"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "dinges"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "huppeldepup"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"word": "umo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"word": "truc"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"word": "machin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"word": "bidule"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Dingsbums"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Dingsda"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "skindapsós",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σκινδαψός"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cosa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coso"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"word": "mea"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "negócio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štuka",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "штука"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štukovina",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "штуковина"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fignja",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фигня"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "figovina",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фиговина"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cosa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chingadera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mojäng"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tingest"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "grunka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mackapär"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "placeholder word",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "manick"
}
],
"word": "thingamabob"
}
Download raw JSONL data for thingamabob meaning in English (4.9kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.