Thingumabob — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/θˈɪŋɡjuːmˌæbɑːb/

🇬🇧British English

/θˈɪŋɡjuːmˌabɒb/

🇮🇳Indian English

/θˈɪŋɡjuːmˌabɒb/

4 syllables Say it as /θˈɪŋɡjuːmˌæbɑːb/.

Examples

she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket
there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

doojigger doohickey gizmo thingmajig whatsis thingamabob doodad gimmick gubbins thingmabob whatchamacallum widget gismo thingamajig thingumajig thingummy whatchamacallit

Parts of Speech

noun	something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known “she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket”

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

machin

quelque chose d'indéterminé dont le nom est oublié ou inconnu

🇪🇸Spanish

cosamabob

algo no especificado cuyo nombre se olvida o se desconoce

🇳🇱Dutch

dingumabob

iets niet gespecificeerd waarvan de naam vergeten is of niet bekend is

🇵🇹Portuguese

coisaumabob

algo não especificado cujo nome é esquecido ou desconhecido

🇷🇺Russian

вещьумабоб

что-то неопределенное, имя которого либо забыто, либо неизвестно

India

🇮🇳Hindi

थिंगुमाबोब

कुछ अनिर्दिष्ट जिसका नाम या तो भूल गया है या ज्ञात नहीं है

🇧🇩Bengali

জিনিসপত্র

অনির্দিষ্ট কিছু যার নাম হয় ভুলে গেছে বা জানা যায়নি

🇮🇳Tamil

திங்குமபாப்

குறிப்பிடப்படாத ஒன்று, அதன் பெயர் மறந்துவிட்டது அல்லது தெரியவில்லை

🇮🇳Telugu

విషయంమబాబ్

ఏదో పేర్కొనబడనిది, దీని పేరు మర్చిపోయి లేదా తెలియదు

🇮🇳Marathi

थिंगुमाबॉब

काहीतरी अनिर्दिष्ट आहे ज्याचे नाव एकतर विसरले आहे किंवा माहित नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

થિંગુમાબોબ

કંઈક અસ્પષ્ટ છે જેનું નામ કાં તો ભૂલી ગયું છે અથવા જાણીતું નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಷಯುಮಾಬಾಬ್

ಯಾವುದೋ ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟಪಡಿಸದ ಹೆಸರು ಮರೆತುಹೋಗಿದೆ ಅಥವಾ ತಿಳಿದಿಲ್ಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തങ്കുമബോബ്

പേര് മറന്നുപോയതോ അറിയാത്തതോ ആയ വ്യക്തമാക്കാത്ത ഒന്ന്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਥਿੰਗੁਮਾਬੋਬ

ਕੁਝ ਅਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਜਿਸਦਾ ਨਾਮ ਜਾਂ ਤਾਂ ਭੁੱਲ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ ਜਾਂ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਨਹੀਂ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

چیزومابوب

کچھ غیر متعینہ جس کا نام یا تو بھول گیا ہے یا معلوم نہیں ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

辛尤马布

未指定的事物，其名称要么被遗忘，要么不为人所知

🇯🇵Japanese

シングマボブ

名前が忘れられているか知られていない不特定のもの

🇰🇷Korean

사물밥

이름이 잊혀졌거나 알려지지 않은 불특정 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

điều gì đó

một cái gì đó không xác định tên của nó bị lãng quên hoặc không được biết đến

🇹🇭Thai

ทิงทูมาบับ

สิ่งที่ไม่ระบุชื่อซึ่งถูกลืมหรือไม่ทราบชื่อ

🇮🇩Indonesian

halumabob

sesuatu yang tidak ditentukan yang namanya dilupakan atau tidak diketahui

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

com.thingumabob

شيء غير محدد اسمه إما منسي أو غير معروف

🇮🇷Persian

چیزومابوب

چیزی نامشخص که نامش یا فراموش شده یا معلوم نیست

🇹🇷Turkish

şeyumabob

adı unutulan veya bilinmeyen, belirsiz bir şey

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