small gadget
Compact handheld tool
A small gadget is a compact handheld device, typically electronic, designed for a specific practical function: She pulled out some small gadget that measured UV exposure.
The phrase often carries a slightly dismissive tone, suggesting the speaker doesn't know or care exactly what the device is: He's always buying small gadgets he never uses.
- deviceConstructed tool or machine
- gizmoNameless mechanical device
- widgetUnspecified small device
- contraptionImprovised or odd mechanism
- doohickeyPlaceholder word for objects
thingamajig · tool · pocket · button · battery · battery powered · compact · clever · handy · trinket · stocking stuffer · miniature · portable · electronic · whirring · clicking · bells and whistles · sleek
small gadgetheavy machinery
Large powered industrial apparatus
industrial equipment · mainframe computer · grand piano · mainframe
small gadgetindustrial machinery
Manufacturing plant apparatus
precision instrument · medical equipment · life-support system
small, smaller, smallest, smallish, smallness, gadget, gadgets, gadgetry