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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky