A mechanical device or part whose name is forgotten or unknown; a gadget.
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Novelty item used as a gimmick.
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How did we win the war? Well, we had the right gizmo when we needed it. The term is an honorable American invention, like doodad (1877) and doohickey (1914), the latter a Navy word that helped us win World War I. A couple of decades later, when we had to make the world safe for democracy all over again, we added to our arsenal both whatchamacallit (1942) and the modern gizmo.
Nobody knows where gizmo came from, but we think the Marines told it to us. The evidence is from two articles, both published in November 1942. Leatherneck magazine explained, "When you need a word for something in a hurry and can't think of one, it's a gizmo." And Yank that month agreed: "Leathernecks...even have a name for a whatsis. They call it a 'gizmo.'" Gizmo survived the transition to civilian life and has become an indispensable verbal tool of modern technological civilization.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dims, himstregims
Nederlands (Dutch)
dingetje, foefje
Français (French)
n. - truc, machin, gadget
Deutsch (German)
n. - (ugs.) Ding, Vorrichtung, Apparat
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) μαραφέτι
Português (Portuguese)
n. - dispositivo (m) mecânico ou peça (f) de nome desconhecido ou esquecido (Téc.)
Русский (Russian)
штуковина, приспособление
Español (Spanish)
n. - artilugio, chisme
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
小发明
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小發明
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 仕掛け, 何とかいうもの
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) اداة
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מכשיר פלא, פטנט
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