| n. |
| [1] |
device
,
catch
,
strategy
,
stratagem
,
ploy
,
trick
,
ruse
,
wile
,
subterfuge
,
manoeuvre
,
artifice
,
deception
,
trap
,
snare
,
(US) hook
,
(Colloq) dodge
|
| [2] |
device
,
doodad
,
doohickey
,
contrivance
,
gadget
,
doojigger
,
gizmo
,
invention
,
(Colloq) contraption
,
gismo
,
gubbins
,
widget
,
thingumbob/thingumabob/thingamabob
,
thingamabob
,
thingumabob
,
thingumajig/thingamajig/thingummy
,
whatchamacallit
,
thingmabob
,
thingamajig
,
what's-its-name
,
(Brit) doodah
,
thingumajig
,
thingmajig
,
(US) doohickey
,
doodad
,
thingummy
,
whatchamacallit
,
hickey
,
whosis
,
whatchamacallum
,
whatsis
,
whatsis
,
dingus
,
widget
,
Rube Goldberg (invention)
,
(Mainly US/Canadian) gismo/gizmo
|
| [3] |
device
,
twist
|
|
