contraption Definition

gizmo, gadget, contrivance, widget, appliance, convenience, gismo, thingy, device, machine, apparatus, rig, spacecraft, trick, stuff, craft, gear, machinery, sucker, thing, equipment, munition, unit, whatnot, doohickey, thingamajig, robot, doodad, blackboard eraser, mousetrap, thingamabob, treadle, whirligig, invention, concoction, eggbeater, carpet sweeper, electromagnet, pulley, ascender, zoetrope, aqualung, exoskeleton, velocipede, dirigible, pogo stick, electrostatic generator, orb, geodesic dome, plunger, bathyscaph, tube, toadstool, pianola, capstan, spaceship, bedspring, tinkertoy, exercycle, funhouse, idler pulley, ornithopter, dumbwaiter, ripcord, thermos bottle, bungee cord, gatling gun, grasper, windlass, armillary sphere, mannequin, spool, ballcock, tilter, windmill, apatosaurus, prototype, sawhorse, dowsing rod, airship, rube goldberg, allen wrench, flying saucer, unicycle, piton, hawser, lemon squeezer, wand, periscope, blob, clothespin, joystick, needlenose pliers, winch, daddy longlegs, wiggler, coaster, coat hanger, ballon, tripod,