Other forms: gizmos
A gizmo is a small handy device whose name escapes you. Some gizmo for the kitchen, a clever gizmo, that gizmo on the dashboard.
It belongs with thingummy, whatsit and doodah in the family of words English keeps for objects nobody can name. It is American and informal, and it carries a hint that the thing is more clever than useful.
1noungizmoA small handy device whose name escapes you.
“My uncle loves kitchen gizmos, like a little machine that peels garlic.”
gizmo is a device.