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things

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???z/

Noun

things

  1. plural of thing

Noun

things pl (plural only)

  1. One's clothes, furniture, luggage, or possessions collectively; stuff
    Have you brought all your things with you?
    Get your hands off my things!
    • Ole Golly just had indoor things and outdoor things.... She just had yards and yards of tweed which enveloped her like a lot of discarded blankets, which ballooned out when she walked, and which she referred to as her Things. —Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy (1964)

Synonyms

  • stuff

Verb

things

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thing

Anagrams

  • nights

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thingy

English

Alternative forms

  • thingie

Etymology

From thing +? -y

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????i?/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /????i/
  • Rhymes: -??i

Noun

thingy (plural thingies)

  1. (informal) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
  2. (slang, euphemistic) Penis.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:thingy

Translations

Further reading

  • Wikipedia article on placeholder names

Anagrams

  • nighty

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