Noun: gismo giz-mow
Usage: informal, rare (=gizmo)
Usage: informal, rare (=gizmo)
- A device or control that is very useful for a particular job
"He bought a new kitchen gismo for slicing vegetables";
- contraption [informal], gadget, gizmo [informal], widget
- Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
"she eased the ball-shaped gismo back into its socket";
- doodad [N. Amer, informal], doohickey [N. Amer, informal], dojigger [N. Amer, informal], gizmo [informal], gubbins [Brit, informal], thingamabob [informal], thingumabob [informal], thingmabob [informal], thingamajig [informal], thingumajig [informal], thingmajig [informal], thingummy [informal], whatchamacallit [informal], whatsis [informal], doodah [Brit, informal], doobry [Brit, informal], doobrie [Brit, informal], doover [Austral, informal], thingamy [informal], doofer [Brit, informal], dingus [N. Amer, informal], thingy [informal], thingo [Austral, informal], whatsit [informal]
Derived forms: gismos
Encyclopedia: Gismo