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1 thingummy
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2 что за зверь такой
разг., шутл.what is this affair (thingamy, thingummy, etc.) like?Прочитал я в газете, мол, состоится у нас в городе ярмарка-аукцион по оптовой продаже товаров промышленного производства. Никогда я не бывал на аукционах, только в кино их видел. Дай, думаю, взгляну, что за зверь такой. (Г. Кемоклидзе, Оптом и в розницу) — 'I read in a newspaper that a wholesale auction of manufactured goods would be held in our town. I had never attended any auction and saw them only in movies. 'Well,' I thought, 'I'd better go and see what this thingummy is like.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > что за зверь такой
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3 (употр . вм. забытого слова или имени) как бишь его?
Colloquial: thingamy, thingum, thingumajig, thingumbob, thingumebob, thingummyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > (употр . вм. забытого слова или имени) как бишь его?
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4 как бишь его?
1) General subject: what-d'ye-call-him?, what's-his-name2) Colloquial: (употр. вм. забытого слова или имени) thingamy, (употр. вм. забытого слова или имени) thingum, (употр. вм. забытого слова или имени) thingumajig, (употр. вм. забытого слова или имени) thingumbob, (употр. вм. забытого слова или имени) thingumebob, (употр. вм. забытого слова или имени) thingummy -
5 на его патефоне есть такая штуковина, которая автоматически меняет пластинки
General subject: his gramophone has a little thingamy that changes the records automatically, his gramophone has a little thingum that changes the records automatically, his gramophone has a little thingumajig that changes the records automatically, his gramophone has a little thingumbob that changes the records automatically, his gramophone has a little thingumebob that changes the records automatically, his gramophone has a little thingummy that changes the records automaticallyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > на его патефоне есть такая штуковина, которая автоматически меняет пластинки
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6 штуковина
1) General subject: doing, doodad, gismo, hickey (вместо забытого названия какого-л. предмета, приспособления), widget, thingie (A thing you don't know the exact word for), twiddly bit (used to talk about small part of an object without naming it), doofah (употребляется вместо названия, когда говорящий не может его вспомнить), thingamabob, thingamajig, thingumajig, thingummy2) Colloquial: contraption, doings, doodah, doohickey, gizmo (any object whose name one does not know), hootenanny, whachamacallit (хреновина, или "мужик", "тетка", "баба" и т.п. - an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall), oojamaflip3) Jargon: kadigin-thingamajig, kajody, wingdoodle, thumadoodle, whatchamacallit, gadget, gismol, whing-ding, whingding, wing-ding, wingding4) American English: do-jigger, domajig, doosenwhacker, doowacky, thingy -
7 ерундовина
1) разг. dooleyThe dooley on the car isn't working,you know the thing that keeps it from rusting.
2) thingy, thingummy"Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm, too?" I asked. "No, just this remote thingy which she handed to me with the car keys.
Дополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > ерундовина
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8 фиговина
1) разг. dooleyThe dooley on the car isn't working,you know the thing that keeps it from rusting.
2) thingy, thingummy"Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm, too?" I asked. "No, just this remote thingy which she handed to me with the car keys.
Дополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > фиговина
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9 хреновина
1) разг. dooleyThe dooley on the car isn't working,you know the thing that keeps it from rusting.
2) thingy, thingummy"Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm, too?" I asked. "No, just this remote thingy which she handed to me with the car keys.
Дополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > хреновина
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10 штукенция
1) разг. dooleyThe dooley on the car isn't working,you know the thing that keeps it from rusting.
2) thingy, thingummy"Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm, too?" I asked. "No, just this remote thingy which she handed to me with the car keys.
Дополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > штукенция
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11 штуковина
thingamajig, thingumajig, thingummy, kajigger -
12 штуковина
contraption имя существительное:thingummy (штуковина, как бишь его)thingamy (штуковина, как бишь его)thingumajig (штуковина, как бишь его) -
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thingumebob имя существительное:thingumebob (как бишь его, штуковина)thingumbob (как бишь его, штуковина)
См. также в других словарях:
thingummy — (also thingamy) ► NOUN (pl. thingummies) informal ▪ a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention … English terms dictionary
thingummy — thingy UK [ˈθɪŋɪ] / US or thingamabob UK [ˈθɪŋəmɪˌbɒb] / US [ˈθɪŋəməˌbɑb] or thingamajig UK [ˈθɪŋəmɪˌdʒɪɡ] / US [ˈθɪŋəməˌdʒɪɡ] or thingummy UK [ˈθɪŋəmɪ] / US noun Word forms thingy : singular thingy plural thingies Word forms thingamabob : Word… … English dictionary
thingummy — [[t]θɪ̱ŋəmi[/t]] thingummies N COUNT You refer to something or someone as thingummy, thingummyjig or thingummybob when you do not know or cannot be bothered to use the proper word or name for them. [INFORMAL, SPOKEN] I once bought a thingummy out … English dictionary
thingummy — Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785) described this term as ‘a vulgar address or nomination to any person whose name is unknowrn’. It is the word ‘thing’ with a meaningless suffix, though some early writers preferred to write ‘thing… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
thingummy — noun (plural mies) Etymology: alteration of earlier thingum Date: 1796 thingamajig … New Collegiate Dictionary
thingummy — noun something one does not remember the name of Syn: thingy … Wiktionary
thingummy — [ θɪŋəmi] (also thingamy) noun (plural thingummies) informal a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention. Origin C18: from thing + a meaningless suffix … English new terms dictionary
thingummy — thing·um·my … English syllables
thingummy — n. (pl. ies) (also thingamy, thingumabob, thingumajig) colloq. a person or thing whose name one has forgotten or does not know or does not wish to mention. Etymology: THING + meaningless suffix … Useful english dictionary
thingummy(bob) — Thing or person one cannot remember the name of … A concise dictionary of English slang
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