What (who) is thingy - definition
thingy
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Thingy (disambiguation)
(thingies)
You refer to something or someone as thingy when you do not know or cannot be bothered to use the proper word or name for them. (INFORMAL, SPOKEN)
...the new phone thingy.
...what's his name, Sir Jack Thingy.
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thingy
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Thingy (disambiguation)
A catchall phrase. A proclamation, exclamation or retort.
Wow. Thingy! I can't believe he did that.Wanna go catch a movie?Thingy! Let's go!
Wow. Thingy! I can't believe he did that.Wanna go catch a movie?Thingy! Let's go!
thingy
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Thingy (disambiguation)
¦ noun (plural thingies) another term for thingummy.
Pronunciation examples for thingy
1. or little show thingy?
Empowering Students in STEAM _ Power On Series _ Talks at Google
2. HG: Pheromone... thingy.
SciShow Quiz Show - Why Humans Are Weird!
3. sorry-- this little sublaw thingy,
Victoria Sweet _ Talks at Google
4. thingy that happens every year.
The Little Book that Builds Wealth _ Pat Dorsey _ Talks at Google
5. or this little thingy starts producing biomaterials,
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Examples of use of thingy
1. On this trade thingy...[inaudible] Bush: Yeah, I told that to the man.
2. June Sarpong and Caroline Thingy and Simon and Robert Doodah and meee!
3. On this trade thingy ...[inaudible] Bush Yeah, I told that to the man.
4. This menorah is not the nine–branched Hanukah thingy that shows up on an equal–time basis by the shopping–mall reindeer display at Christmas time.
5. Mr Roosevelt‘s casual use of ‘thing‘ to describe the war is as unexceptional in the context of his lucid prose as Mr Blair‘s ‘thingy‘ is jarring.