Widget Definition
wĭjĭt
widgets
noun
widgets
Any small, unspecified gadget or device, esp. one that is hypothetical.
Webster's New World
An unnamed or hypothetical manufactured article.
American Heritage
An element of a GUI, such as a text box or button, that displays information or settings that can be entered or altered by the user.
American Heritage
A program that performs some simple function, such as providing a weather report or stock quote, and can be accessed from a computer desktop, webpage, mobile phone or subscription television service.
American Heritage
Portable code that can be easily installed and executed by an end user.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- whatsis
- whatchamacallum
- whatchamacallit
- thingmajig
- thingumajig
- thingamajig
- thingmabob
- thingumabob
- doojigger
- gismo
- doohickey
- doodad
- thingamabob
- gubbins
- thingummy
Other Word Forms of Widget
Noun
Singular:
widgetPlural:
widgetsOrigin of Widget
Coined by George S. Kaufman in his play Beggar on Horseback (1924).
From Wiktionary
Borrowed as a shortened form of “window gadget"
From Wiktionary
Perhaps alteration of gadget
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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