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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 -
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truc [tʀyk]masculine nounb. ( = tour, trucage) trick• je lui ai offert un petit truc pour son anniversaire I gave him a little something for his birthday• c'est quoi, ce truc-là ? what's that thing?• le ski, c'est pas mon truc skiing isn't my thing (inf)* * *tʀyknom masculin1) (colloq) ( procédé) knackça y est, j'ai pigé le truc — that's it, I've got it
2) (colloq) ( chose) thing; ( dont on a oublié le nom) thingummy (colloq), whatsit (colloq)passe-moi le truc qui est sur la table — pass me the thingummy (colloq) ou whatsit (colloq) on the table
3) (colloq) ( fait quelconque) thingle vélo, c'est pas mon truc — (colloq) cycling's not my thing
moi, mon truc c'est les vacances à la campagne — what I love is a holiday GB ou vacation US in the country
4) ( savoir-faire) tricky a un truc — (colloq) there's a trick to it
5) ( personne) what's-his-name/what's-her-name, thingy (colloq)* * *tʀyk nm1) (= astuce) trick, knack, I'll show you a trick that never fails.2) (= chose) thingJ'ai plein de trucs à faire ce week-end. — I've got loads of things to do this weekend.
3) (chose dont on ignore le nom) thing, thingy, *c'est pas son truc * — it's not really his thing, *
* * *truc nm1 ○( procédé) knack; trouver le truc pour faire qch to find the knack of doing sth; avoir un truc pour gagner de l'argent to know a good way of making money; ça y est, j'ai pigé le truc○ that's it, I've got it;2 ○( chose) thing; ( dont on a oublié le nom) thingummy○, whatsit○; qu'est-ce que c'est que ce truc? what on earth is that thing○?; il y a un tas de trucs à faire dans la maison there are loads○ of things to do in the house; c'est pas mal ton truc it's not bad, that thing of yours○; passe-moi le truc qui est sur la table pass me the thingummy○ ou whatsit○ on the table;3 ○( fait quelconque) thing; il y a un truc qui ne va pas there's something wrong; ils nous ont raconté des trucs épouvantables they told us some dreadful things; je viens juste de penser à un truc I've just thought of something; le vélo, c'est pas mon truc○ cycling's not my thing; moi, mon truc c'est les vacances à la campagne what I love are holidays GB ou vacations US in the country; c'était une maison superbe, gigantesque, au bord de la mer, tu vois le truc! it was a fantastic house, enormous, by the sea, do you get the idea?;4 ( savoir-faire) trick; un truc du métier a trick of the trade; y'a un truc○ there's a trick to it;5 ○( personne) what's-his-name/what's-her-name;[tryk] nom masculin1. [astuce] trickil doit y avoir un truc, c'est trop beau there's bound to be a catch, it's too good to be true3. [chose précise] thingtu devrais t'acheter un truc pour nettoyer ton four you ought to buy something to clean your oven withsa maladie, c'est un sale truc her illness is a nasty businessce n'est pas/c'est mon truc it's not/it's my cup of teale rock, c'est pas mon truc rock is not my (kind of) thing, rock doesn't turn me onl'écologie, c'est vraiment son truc he's really into environmental issues5. [personne dont on a oublié le nom]
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whachamacallit — whachamacallit, n. Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known. [Also spelled {whatchamacallit}.] Syn: thingumbob, doohickey, dingus, whatsis, what do you call it. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whachamacallit — whatchamacallit whatchamacallit, n. Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known. [Also spelled {whachamacallit}.] Syn: thingumbob, doohickey, dingus, whatsis, what do you call it. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whachamacallit — /hwuch euh meuh kawl it, hwoch , wuch , woch /, n. Informal. an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall. Also, whatchamacallit, what you may call it, what do you call it. [1940 45; sp. of what you may call it reflecting… … Universalium
whachamacallit — /hwuch euh meuh kawl it, hwoch , wuch , woch /, n. Informal. an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall. Also, whatchamacallit, what you may call it, what do you call it. [1940 45; sp. of what you may call it reflecting… … Useful english dictionary
whatchamacallit — whachamacallit whachamacallit, n. Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known. [Also spelled {whatchamacallit}.] Syn: thingumbob, doohickey, dingus, whatsis, what do you call it. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
doohickey — doo hick*ey, n. Any object, usually a tool or other device, whose name is forgotten, or not known. Syn: thingumbob, whatchamacallit, whachamacallit. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whatchamacallit — whatchamacallit, n. Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known. [Also spelled {whachamacallit}.] Syn: thingumbob, doohickey, dingus, whatsis, what do you call it. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whatchamacallit — /hwuch euh meuh kawl it, hwoch , wuch , woch /, n. whachamacallit. Also, what do you call it /hwud euh yeuh kawl it, hwod , wud , wod /. * * * … Universalium
what-you-may-call-it — /hwuch euh meuh kawl it, hwoch , wuch , woch /, n. whachamacallit. * * * … Universalium
contraption — n Informal. contrivance, device, gadget, invention, creation, artifice, makeshift, hickey, widget; mechanism, apparatus, rig, gear, tackle, equipment, machine, appliance, Rube Goldberg, Archaic. trangam; All Inf. whachamacallit, thingumajig,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
gadget — n 1. contrivance, device, invention, creation, artifice, makeshift, hickey, widget, Rube Goldberg; mechanism, apparatus, machine, appliance; instrument, implement, tool, utensil. 2.All Inf. contraption, whachamacallit, thingumajig, thingamabob,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder