Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thingum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thingum
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of thingummy.

Etymology

Perhaps originally from the gradational compound thingum-thangum (based on thing) with the same terminal syllable as in crinkum-crankum, harum-scarum, trinkum-trankum.

Inflected Forms

thingums (plural)

Synonyms

thingummy

Questions

What does thingum mean?: Synonym of thingummy.
Where does thingum come from?: Perhaps originally from the gradational compound thingum-thangum (based on thing) with the same terminal syllable as in crinkum-crankum, harum-scarum, trinkum-trankum.

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