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contraption

[ kuhn-trap-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a mechanical contrivance; gadget; device.


contraption

/ °ìÉ™²Ôˈ³Ù°ùæ±èʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. informal.
    a device or contrivance, esp one considered strange, unnecessarily intricate, or improvised
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹±è·³Ù¾±´Ç³Ü²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of contraption1

First recorded in 1815–25; perhaps contr(ivance) + (ad)aption, variant of adaptation
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of contraption1

C19: perhaps from con ( trivance ) + trap 1+ ( inven ) tion
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At Hope and Peace Park, kids arrived on foot, in strollers and wagons, and some of them climbed the multi-colored contraption and tested the new slides as smiling parents looked on.

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In the Oval Office, the Diet Coke button - a contraption installed in an ornate wooden box which allows the president to command his beverage of choice at any time of day - is back.

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Before them stood a silvery metal contraption swathed in colourful wires – a box that they hope will one day make oxygen on the moon.

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"One was for the haemorrhage machine," she recalls, describing a contraption which recreates post-birth blood loss.

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They are already reportedly chafing at the Musk "DOGE" contraption since budgeting really is their bailiwick and they want to do the cutting themselves.

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