chingadera en · NOUN
Etymology
Mexican Spanish chingadera.
Meanings
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(US, vulgar) A miscellaneous object for which one does not know, or has forgotten, its proper name; a doohickey, contraption, thingamabob, or widget.
“Back in the old days they used any kind of chingadera to make a whatever. […]”
2009, B. C. Legans, Cerro, iUniverse, page 237:“What is this chingadera, Son?”
2008, Margo Candela, More Than This: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, page 187:“The chingadera was heavy. […]”
2003, Richard Yañez, El Paso del Norte: Stories on the Border, University of Nevada Press, page 27:1946, My Darling Clementine, dir. John Ford, written by Samuel G. Engel, Winston Miller “There goes that chingadera again.”
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chingaderas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
geegaw · whiff-whaff · doo-hickey · thingummyjig · dohickey · chingadera · jimbang · dojigger · thingie · frobnitz · thingymabob · thingummabob · whatnot · hickey · shebang · doohinkey · thingabob · whachacallit · dealy · stuff · whatdyecallem · frammis · ting · thing · dingus · bazinga · doohinkus · whatsitsname · foobar · thingamabobber · jawn · rigamajig · thingmy · wossname · gismo · hodad · thingy · thingamajig · joint · thingamabob · thingummy · dinglehopper · gizmo · whachamacallit · whatchamacallit · gimmick · doodad · whatchamahoozie · thingamajiggy · wossisname · thingamajigger · doohickey · whatsit · junk · whosiewhatsit · whatdoyoucallit · yokibus · doohickus · thingummajig · whatsis · gingumbob · whatchacallit · gadget · thingmabob · whatsaname · kajigger · thingumabob · MacGuffin · doojigger · widget · Sorted by number of Google hits · dongle · gewgaw · doovalacky · thingumajig · thingymajig · gubbins · wotsit · Sorted alphabetically · thingmajig · thingo · oojamaflip · jobber · thingum · jigger · doober · dealie · foo · bizzo · jobby · doofer · kludge · whaddayacallit · gingambob · doodah · whosit · thingamafuck · hootenanny · yoke · affair
Translations (3)
cs kravina (thingy) · cs chujovina (thingy) · cs hovadina (thingy)