/gadget/

 

/gadget/ 

Noun.

-) Pronunciation: gædʒɪt.

-) Plural: gadgets.

-) Etymology: of uncertain origin.

-) It is dated from the end of 1800.

-) Definition: a small portable mechanical or electronic device or contrivance; sometimes, a part of machinery or a piece of mechanism. 

Nora brings home a kitchen gadget, a present for the cook.

Carol Anshaw… Lucky in the Corner 2002

When talking to someone about a Dutch oven, if they have never used one, they might answer “A Dutch what? Is that a new cooking gadget?” No you say, this is an old cooking gadget.

Dale Smith… Dutch Oven Style 2004

[…] the person next to me on the plane is checking e-mail from a wallet-sized wireless gadget.

Thomas Leech… Say it… 2014

-) It is also used as adjective and in compounds:

[… the imagination] of the gadget-minded public. 

Eugene Nida… Toward a Science of Translating

-) Words derived from GADGET: gadgeteer, gadgetry, gadgety.