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Definitions: Gizmo |
GizmoNoun1. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known. 2. A device that very useful for a particular job. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: GizmoSynonyms: appliance (n), contraption (n), contrivance (n), convenience (n), dohickey (n), dojigger (n), doodad (n), doohickey (n), gadget (n), gimmick (n), gismo (n), gubbins (n), hickey (n), thingamabob (n), thingamajig (n), thingmabob (n), thingmajig (n), thingumabob (n), thingumajig (n), thingummy (n), widget (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | Your little kitty cat pulled some kind of alien gizmo off of Megatron's machine. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio) Gizmo Caca! (Gremlins; writing credit: Chris Columbus) Little gizmo known as a dead man's feature. (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three; writing credit: John Godey; Peter Stone) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Gizmo (1977) | |
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| "Gizmo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gizmo" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
gizmo | 248 | gizmo furby | 4 |
gizmo gremlin | 92 | download gadget gallery gizmo hi hi image photo press press release res resolution room | 3 |
gizmo gremlin picture | 28 | gizmo sock | 3 |
gizmo picture | 26 | gizmo invent | 3 |
gizmo toons | 10 | gizmo plush | 3 |
gizmo mogwai | 7 | interactive gizmo | 3 |
from gizmo gremlin | 6 | gizmo guru | 2 |
gizmo pic | 6 | gizmo wallpaper | 2 |
gizmo gremlin pic | 6 | dirt gizmo mr | 2 |
from gizmo gremlin picture | 6 | gizmo making music | 2 |
game gizmo | 6 | gizmo wireless | 2 |
gizmo can opener | 6 | from gizmo gremlin movie picture | 2 |
gadget gizmo | 6 | gizmo inc | 2 |
gizmo movie | 5 | from gizmo gremlin pic | 2 |
the coiling gizmo | 5 | auratetic b flute foot gizmo gold offset silver | 2 |
black and decker gizmo | 5 | dog gizmo | 2 |
jansport gizmo | 5 | buddy gizmo icon | 2 |
duck gizmo | 4 | gizmo gremlin plush | 2 |
dj gizmo | 4 | gizmo virtual | 2 |
doll gizmo | 4 | gizmo williams | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "gizmo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vìcièka, tentononc (whatnot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μαραφέτι (contraption, device, gadget). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bisz-basz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | izmogay manick (contraption, device, gadget, Jigger, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy). (various references) กลไก (gismo, mechanism). (various references) işlevi belli olmayan alet (gismo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gizmo": gizmos. (additional references) | |
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"Gizmo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gazso, gazump, Gazzo, gemo, gesmo, Gimo, gimu, gism, giszmo, Giumiot, giz, gizm, gizzmo, Guigma, Gyozo, gyzmo, gyzo, ismo, mismo, Nimzo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-m-o-z" | |
-2 letters: mig, mog, zig. | |
-3 letters: go, mi, mo, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-m-o-z" | |
+1 letter: gizmos. | |
+2 letters: zooming. | |
+4 letters: atomizing, bromizing, dogmatize, glamorize, shmoozing, zigamorph, zygomatic. | |
+5 letters: amortizing, chromizing, comprizing, demonizing, dogmatized, dogmatizer, dogmatizes, geometrize, glamorized, glamorizer, glamorizes, glamourize, gormandize, hemizygous, hemolyzing, hominizing, homogenize, homologize, melodizing, memorizing, mobilizing, monetizing, mongrelize, moralizing, motorizing, optimizing, polemizing, polygamize, romanizing, schmoozing, simonizing, sodomizing, womanizing, zigamorphs, zombifying, zymologies. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 69 7A 6D 6F |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .. --.. -- --- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01101001 01111010 01101101 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G i z m o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0069 007A 006D 006F |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4175927981 |
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