Gizmo

Noun

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

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:thingy

Thesaurus
affair, apparatus, article, artifact, concern, contraption, contrivance, device, dingus, dofunny, dohickey, dojigger, dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky, eppes, etwas, flumadiddle, gadget, gigamaree, gimcrack, gimmick, hand tool, hickey, hootenanny, hootmalalie, implement, instrument, jigger, material thing, means, mechanical device, object, power tool, precision tool, quelque chose, something, speed tool, thing, thingum, thingumabob, thingumadad, thingumadoodle, thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree, thingummy, tool, utensil, whatchy, widget

Alternative forms

 * gismo

Etymology
Unknown

Translations

 * Finnish:, , , , , (for more technical and sopshisticated gadgets)
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Norwegian:, ,


 * Portuguese:, , troço
 * Spanish: chisme, trasto, cosa, coso,  cuestión, aparato
 * Turkish: