gizmo
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:29 am
Gizmo (noun)
A mechanical or electronic device or component, especially one whose name is unknown, forgotten or unimportant; a gadget, a contraption.
[Of unknown origin; possibly originated in the Armed Services. First known use 1942.]
"The firefighters used some gizmo to bend the railings where the boy's head was stuck."
"The electronics store was full of the latest computing gizmos."
"I have no idea how all these gizmos in the engine work."
A mechanical or electronic device or component, especially one whose name is unknown, forgotten or unimportant; a gadget, a contraption.
[Of unknown origin; possibly originated in the Armed Services. First known use 1942.]
"The firefighters used some gizmo to bend the railings where the boy's head was stuck."
"The electronics store was full of the latest computing gizmos."
"I have no idea how all these gizmos in the engine work."