Definition of gizmo Gizmo
/gɪˈzmowˌ/ - [gizmow] - giz•mo
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What does gizmo mean?
WordNet
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| gizmo - a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | ||
| appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, widget | ||
| device any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen" | ||
| gadgetry appliances collectively; "laborsaving gadgetry" | ||
| gimbal an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips | ||
| injector a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) | ||
| gizmo - something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use" | ||
| doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget | ||
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Wiktionary 
- gizmo (Noun)
A nonsensical placeholder name for something, generally a device, that one does not know the proper term for; gadget; whatchamacallit; thingamajig.
Part of speech
🔤- gizmo, noun, singular of gizmos.
