Complete Definition of "gizmo"

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English

Alternative spellings
gismo

Etymology
Unknown
Category:Unknown etymology

Noun
wikipedia|Placeholder name
en-noun

  1. A nonsensical placeholder name for something that one does not know the proper term for; gadget; whatchamacallit; thingamajig; jobbyjobber.

Translations

French: machin, truc, bidule m

Category: Metasyntactic words

fr:gizmo
sv:gizmo
zh:gizmo

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