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1. General-purpose term for any hypothetical object, esp. used in textbook demonstrations.

2. A floating widget is found inside cans of beer where it collects nitrogen from the fluid and forecefully releases it upon opening, creating a foamy head in imitation of draught beer.

3. In programming, a widget is a graphical component often used to build a graphical user interface.
Adam Smith's factory manufactured 120,000 widgets per annum at four pence each.
Widget by Belisarius March 2, 2004

Widget-Drain

The idea that using widgets on your website will somehow suck all of your website's power and give it to the widget creator instead.
I wouldn't use that awesome widget if I were you because you'll get widget-drain and your site will drop in the rankings.
Widget-Drain by SEOguru March 28, 2013

widget shit 

The act of incorporating useless or space wasting widgets into operating systems.
Microsoft took another widget shit on us with Windows 9.
widget shit by KlausVonKrappen July 23, 2014

Wanking Widget 

A device used (often a phone or computer) to assist you in the ritual of regular and/or routine wanking
Argh! I've been really bored recently... My wanking widget is broken and I literally have nothing to do!
Wanking Widget by ThePipingPress August 27, 2014

Widget head 

A person with a narrow view of life and or job requirements. A one function way of thinking not open to new ideas or thinking
She widget heads his input, all the time
Widget head by 88automate April 20, 2021
generic term for an anonymous object
My father makes "widgets" (tools, food, cans, dildos) in a facotry
widget by duffin July 1, 2005