Chingadera
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chingadera is a noun meaning (US, vulgar, Spanglish) A miscellaneous object for which one does not know, or has forgotten, its proper name; a doohickey, contraption, thingamabob, or widget.
Meaning
(US, vulgar, Spanglish) A miscellaneous object for which one does not know, or has forgotten, its proper name; a doohickey, contraption, thingamabob, or widget.
Example Sentences
“The chingadera was heavy. […]”
“What is this chingadera, Son?”
“Back in the old days they used any kind of chingadera to make a whatever. […]”
1946, My Darling Clementine, dir. John Ford, written by Samuel G. Engel, Winston Miller “There goes that chingadera again.”
Word Forms
- chingaderas
Synonyms for chingadera
Depending on context, synonyms include widget, hickey, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include doohinky, doohickey, dojigger, doohicky, dooker, dohickey.
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