Definition of GUBBINS

gubbins

Plural: gubbins

Noun

  • something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
  • Fragments; parings; scraps (especially of fish).
  • Assorted stuff, especially if of little value; tat.
  • Silly person; fool.

Origin / Etymology

Ante 1553. From gobbon (“piece, portion, slice”), from Old French gobon, gobet (“piece”). Cognate with English gobony (“line of alternating squares”).

Synonyms

doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget, ;, MacGuffin, Sorted alphabetically, Sorted by number of Google hits, Whitman's sampler, affair, bag of shells, bagatelle, bazinga, bizzo, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, congeries, crazyquilt, dealie, dealy, dicky, dicky-bird, dinglehopper, dingus, disjecta membra, dohickey, dojigger, dongle, doo-hickey, doober, doodah, doofer, doohickus, doohinkey, doohinkus, doovalacky, farrago, fico, fig, flyspeck, foo, foobar, fool, frammis, frobnitz, gadget, galimatias, gallimaufry, geegaw, gewgaw, gingambob, gingumbob, grab bag, gubbins, hickey, hodad, hodgepodge, hootenanny, horse and rabbit stew, hotchpot, hotchpotch, jawn, jigger, jimbang, job lot, jobber, jobby, joint, jumble, junk, kajigger, kludge, macedoine, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, minuity, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, motley, niff-naff, oddments, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, oojamaflip, pastiche, patchwork quilt, picayune, potpourri, ragbag, rigamajig, salmagundi, scuddick, shebang, slurry, smorgasbord, sop, stuff, thing, thingabob, thingamabobber, thingamafuck, thingamajigger, thingamajiggy, thingie, thingmy, thingo, thingum, thingummabob, thingummajig, thingummyjig, thingy, thingymabob, thingymajig, ting, toy, trick, trifle, triviality, welter, whachacallit, whachamacallit, whaddayacallit, whatchacallit, whatchamahoozie, whatdoyoucallit, whatdyecallem, whatnot, whatsaname, whatsit, whatsitsname, whiff-whaff, whiffle, white chip, whosiewhatsit, whosit, wossisname, wossname, wotsit, yoke, yokibus

Scrabble Score: 12

gubbins: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
gubbins: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gubbins: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

gubbins: valid Words With Friends Word