thingy

noun

Used to describe an object on the spur of the moment when you have a sudden brain fritz and forget exactly what you were gonna say was.

Uhh.....get the report!.....program..thingy.

by Anonymous September 10, 2003

thingy

A technical term.

Guy #1: Insert the thingy into the slot.
Guy #2: ...Is that a... Technical term?
Guy #1: Why, yes. Yes it is.

by Nottel Inyu August 04, 2009

thingy

It can mean absolutely anything. Every time you can't find a word or something or forgot the word, you just use this.

Person 1: Whats that thingy?

by IshiftSandvich October 10, 2015

thingy

a something, a thingymajig,a watchamacalit,a doo dad, a habba whatsa, a do hickey. The word that replaces a noun that you cant think of at that certain moment.

hand that thingy.

by lazyassloser March 26, 2004

thingy

Used when talking about something that you're not sure the name of.

Also a word to explain an object people don't know the name of.

1. What's that black thingy?

2.

Tour Guide: See the waterfall?
Little kid: Um...the what?
Tour Guide: That water thingy over there.

by Skittia January 26, 2004

thingy

For the women, it describes anything under a hood of a car.

Hey, honey. What is that thingy right there? Not that thingy. That thingy there.

by smatty21 March 31, 2010

thingy

1. A word that can substitute for any other English noun.

2. An item, concept, or idea that is a thing.

3. See also: thingamajig

Please put the thingy over but the thingy.

by Ben September 11, 2003