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Thingamabob
Synonyms for "thingamabob" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
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4 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 13 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- watsenaam noun (placeholder word)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σκινδαψός noun (placeholder word)
Danish
3 entries- dims noun (placeholder word)
- dingenot noun (placeholder word)
- dippedut noun (placeholder word)
Dutch
2 entries- dinges noun (placeholder word)
- huppeldepup noun (placeholder word)
Esperanto
1 entries- umo noun (placeholder word)
French
3 entries- bidule noun (placeholder word)
- machin noun (placeholder word)
- truc noun (placeholder word)
German
2 entries- Dingsbums noun (placeholder word)
- Dingsda noun (placeholder word)
Italian
2 entries- cosa noun (placeholder word)
- coso noun (placeholder word)
Māori
1 entries- mea noun (placeholder word)
Portuguese
1 entries- negócio noun (placeholder word)
Russian
4 entries- фигня noun (placeholder word)
- фиговина noun (placeholder word)
- штука noun (placeholder word)
- штуковина noun (placeholder word)
Spanish
3 entries- chingadera noun (placeholder word)
- cosa noun (placeholder word)
- coso noun (placeholder word)
Swedish
4 entries- grunka noun (placeholder word)
- mackapär noun (placeholder word)
- manick noun (placeholder word)
- mojäng noun (placeholder word)
Sample sentences
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