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gadget
- 1) noun, a small mechanical device or appliance
- 2) noun, any object that is interesting for its ingenuity or novelty rather than for its practical use
Etymology
C19: perhaps from French gâchette lock catch, trigger, diminutive of gâche staple
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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instrument, device, thing, appliance, machine, tool, implement, invention, novelty, apparatus, gimmick, utensil, contraption (informal), gizmo (slang chiefly U.S. Canad.), contrivance