Associations to the word «Gadget»

Wiktionary

GADGET, noun. (obsolete) a thing whose name cannot be remembered; thingamajig, doohickey
GADGET, noun. Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled. Often either clever or complicated.
GADGET, noun. (slang) a consumer electronics product

Dictionary definition

GADGET, noun. A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats