gizmo

The definition of gizmo is slang for a gadget, especially an unnecessary one or one whose user can't remember its name.

(noun)

An overly fancy corkscrew opener that does way more than you would ever need it to do is an example of a gizmo.

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See gizmo in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. gizmos

Slang any gadget or contrivance

Origin: < ? Sp gisma, obs. or dial. var. of chisme, trifle, jigger, ult. < L cimex, a bug

See gizmo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also gis·mo

noun pl. giz·mos also gis·mos
A mechanical device or part whose name is forgotten or unknown; a gadget.

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