gizmo

gizmo
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • Gizmo — (homonymie) Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Gizmo! — is a 1977 documentary film produced and directed by Howard Smith about improbable inventions, and uses old newsreel footage about these inventions. Early examples of parkour and buildering are also featured.External links*imdb… …   Wikipedia

  • gizmo — [“gizmo] n. a gadget. □ What is this silly little gizmo on the bottom for? □ This gizmo turns it on …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Gizmo — (englisches Platzhalterwort, etwa „Ding“, „Dingens“, „Dingsbums”, „mechanischer od. elektronischer Apparat“) ist eine VoIP Software, siehe Gizmo5 (früher Gizmo Project) eine Figur aus dem Film Gremlins – Kleine Monster im englischen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gizmo ! — Gizmo ! est un film documentaire américain de Howard Smith, sorti en 1977 Synopsis Ce montage de documents trouvés dans le monde entier entre 1910 et 1973, présentant des inventions et situation comiques ou loufoques. Liens externes… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • gizmo — UK US (also gismo) /ˈgɪzməʊ/ US  / moʊ/ noun [C] INFORMAL ► a small object or machine that is designed for a particular purpose: »Oh, the gadgets and gizmos you can buy for only $100. »high tech/electronic gizmo …   Financial and business terms

  • gizmo — 1942, Marine and Navy usage for any old thing you can t put a name to [ Life magazine, July 30, 1945], of unknown origin, perhaps a made up word …   Etymology dictionary

  • gizmo — [n] gadget appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, doohickey, instrument, machine, mechanical device, thingamabob, thingamajig, tool, whatchamacallit, widget; concepts 463,499 …   New thesaurus

  • gizmo — ► NOUN (pl. gizmos) informal ▪ a gadget, especially one the speaker cannot name. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • gizmo — ☆ gizmo [giz′mō ] n. pl. gizmos [< ? Sp gisma, obs. or dial. var. of chisme, trifle, jigger, ult. < L cimex, a bug] Slang any gadget or contrivance …   English World dictionary

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