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?
Wiktionary

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

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