Gadget Definition

găjĭt
gadgets
noun
gadgets
Any small, esp. mechanical contrivance or device.
Webster's New World
Any interesting but relatively useless or unnecessary object.
Webster's New World

Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled. Often either clever or complicated.

He bought a neat new gadget for shredding potatoes.
That's quite a lot of gadgets you have collected. Do you use any of them?
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Other Word Forms of Gadget

Noun

Singular:
gadget
Plural:
gadgets

Origin of Gadget

  • Unknown. First used in print by Robert Brown in 1886 (see quote in definition section). Might come from French gâchette or gagée.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gadget Sentence Examples

  • To me, a gadget freak, it scores 10/10 easily!

  • Maybe you've written a book or invented a new gadget to sell.

  • Add the "gadget" to your website.

  • Once an earthy destination for hopeful musicians, Curtis claims her producer is inundated with requests for auto tune (that nifty little gadget that keeps Ashlee Simpson-types on pitch).

  • Some sophisticated electronics lie behind this deceptively simple gadget.

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Words Starting With

GGAGAD

Words Ending With

TETGET

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Words Starting With G and Ending With T

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With G6 Letter Words Ending With T