Definitions
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Word origin
Unknown. First used in print by Robert Brown in 1886 (see quote in definition section). Might come from French gâchette or gagée, or from the French family name Gaget, an industrialist who produced promotional gadgets in collaboration with the project to build the statue of Liberty.
Used in a sentence
“He bought a neat new gadget for shredding potatoes.”
“That's quite a lot of gadgets you have collected. Do you use any of them?”
“Cory will find cool gadgets along the way that you can use against enemies or to solve puzzles.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Small useful device”6 letters
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