thingie

A thing you don't know the exact word / description of.

"Something like that" - "A thingie"

"It's a computer thingie"

by Nanda January 14, 2004

thingie

Word that you don't know and can't think of

No, You screw the white thingie in

by Kate Chant May 29, 2005

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

thingie

A "thingie" is a component of an important project or an important matter itself.

OK, team. We have that missile thingie that we need to deal with today before someone blows up the world. or

"Peterson, were you able to put together that website thingie that was on the agenda" or

There's that software thingie that we still need to debug.

by alphagrl October 23, 2009