widget
a manufactured item, device, product
TRANSLATION
widget = Vorrichtung, Einrichtung, Gerät; LEO offers the above translation, but see my note below
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The true test of whether Mr Bush is good for business will come with the fate of the economy. If he cuts spending to control the deficit, then growth may suffer.
Individual business leaders tend to judge politicians by their policies for a particular industry (widget-makers like tax relief on widgets).
(BBC News - 5th November 2004)
Individual business leaders tend to judge politicians by their policies for a particular industry (widget-makers like tax relief on widgets).
(BBC News - 5th November 2004)
Did you
know?
Widget is a colloquial word that can refer to any gadget or device. Often it is used to mean a random or hypothetical object.
A widget can also mean something considered typical of what a certain manufacturer produces, or an object whose name is not known or cannot be recalled. Near synonyms of this last sense include:
thing, object, whatnot, doodad, and thingamajig
First seen in English between 1925 and 1930, it is believed that widget was an alteration of the word gadget (first seen in the 19th century and believed to be of nautical origin).
A widget can also mean something considered typical of what a certain manufacturer produces, or an object whose name is not known or cannot be recalled. Near synonyms of this last sense include:
thing, object, whatnot, doodad, and thingamajig
First seen in English between 1925 and 1930, it is believed that widget was an alteration of the word gadget (first seen in the 19th century and believed to be of nautical origin).
