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  • noun Alternative spelling of gizmo.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
  • noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

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Examples

  • Your warrantee will expire and your gismo is already outdated before they finish running your credit card.

    What does one wear to a singularity? frankwu 2006

  • Apple fanboys suggest the gismo could be a large-screen iPod touch or a Newton-style tablet that runs about $600-$700.

    Latest News from AJAX & RIA Journal 2009

  • Among them is the case of Ted Serios, a former Chicago bellboy who became a hit as a cultural oddity in the 1960s with his seeming ability to produce images on Polaroid film by using a rolled up piece of cardboard he called a "gismo" to channel psychic energy into the camera.

    A Psychic Detective of Another Sort John DeSio 2007

  • I line up landmarks from shore, but I love watching many of those that do use them spend all their time using whatever gismo they have and very little time fishing.

    Are Some Electronics Unfair to Fish? 2010

  • I line up landmarks from shore, but I love watching many of those that do use them spend all their time using whatever gismo they have and very little time fishing.

    Are Some Electronics Unfair to Fish? 2010

  • I bought a bluetooth gismo for my laptop so that I could bluetooth over all the photos from my mobile instead of having to pay WAP browsing charges to email them.

    The One After The Counselling Session kisobel 2007

  • Silly old SSP went all frowy and started 'hmmm'ing when I told him I'd bought this gismo because he reckons they're hard to set up and complicated and unreliable.

    The One After The Counselling Session kisobel 2007

  • You pull out the pressure cuff, pump the bubble thing, staring at the gismo that resembles your caller ID.

    Full Tilt Boogie 2009

  • You pull out the pressure cuff, pump the bubble thing, staring at the gismo that resembles your caller ID.

    Full Tilt Boogie 2009

  • It was really just out of curiousity to see how to upload things to YouTube, and also to test the capabilities of my video phone, which turned out to be woefully poor, and my new bluetooth gismo, which still works like a dream.

    The One With Baby's First Video kisobel 2007

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