thingamajig

also n. Informal
Something difficult to classify or whose name has been forgotten or is not known.

[Alteration of obsolete thingum (from THING) + JIG¹.]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: something whose name is either forgotten or not known
  Synonyms: dohickey, dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, hickey, gizmo, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tingest, dims, dippedut

Nederlands (Dutch)
dinges

Français (French)
n. - truc, machin

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dingsbums, Dingsda

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μαραφέτι

Italiano (Italian)
un tale, un coso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoa ou coisa cujo nome não ocorre ou não se quer mencionar, coisa (f), fulano (m), troço (m)

Русский (Russian)
употр. вм. забытого слова или имени: "как бишь его!"

Español (Spanish)
n. - como se llama, el que te dije, la cosa esa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - grej, den där grejen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
某某, 那东西, 用以称呼一时想不起名称的人或东西

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 某某, 那東西, 用以稱呼一時想不起名稱的人或東西

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 뭐라던가 하는 것

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 何とかさん, 何とかいう物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شيء مجهول الأسم, شيء يصعب تصنيفه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מה-שמו, איך-קוראים-לו, ששמו פרח מזיכרוני‬

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