thingy
/ˈθɪŋi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).
Informal
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a thing; tangible.
Example Sentences
- "And as soon as that temperature returns to normal, let’s talk about the thingies that go through your headie at night."
- "What I should really do, of course, is use a Personal Digital Assistant; one of those tiny hand-held computerette thingies […]"
- "The incorporated technology is based on absolutely serious alt-fact science—that old familiar Einsteiny, time dilation thingy only in reverse— which also forms the basis of much of LaLa Valley's tech AI prowess."
- "He pulled out his thingy. It was huge."
- "He reminds me of thingy from that film."
- "The most unpleasant, and also the thingiest, the central thing in Foreign Parts, was a giant banyan tree, putting out more and more suckers which created tangled arches, a swollen hiding-place of a tree, a series of organic traps, […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tenk-? Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm Proto-Germanic *þingą Proto-West Germanic *þing Old English þing Middle English thing English thing Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English thingy From thing + -y (diminutive suffix).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈθɪŋi/
- British English: /ˈθɪŋiː/
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