thingmabob

Related to thingmabob: thingamabob

thingmabob

Some tool, gadget, or other such implement the proper name for which is unknown or unremembered. A: "What is that thingmabob over there?" B: "That's a power coupler. Don't touch it." It looks like the signal is controlled by this joystick-looking thingmabob.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • thingmajig
  • thingy
  • thingamajig
  • thingamabob
  • gazinkus
  • gazunkus
  • doofer
  • doojigger
  • dufer
  • doohickie