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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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thingly

English

Etymology

From Middle English thingli, þingly; equivalent to thing +? -ly. Compare Latin re?lis.

Adjective

thingly (comparative more thingly, superlative most thingly)

  1. (philosophy, art, linguistics) Pertaining to the substance of a work, separate from what is conveyed; material, substantive.
  2. Actual; real; substantial.

Related terms

  • deedly
  • workly

Anagrams

  • nightly

thingly From the web:

  • what thingy means
  • what tingly means
  • what thingy majigger
  • what does tingly mean
  • what is thingyan water festival
  • what does thingy majiggy meaning
  • what is thingyan festival
  • thingee what now
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