thing

That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.

A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.

An individual object or distinct entity.

Whatever can be owned.

Corporeal object.

(in plural)(in the plural) Possessions or equipment; stuff; gear.

Hold on, let me just grab my things.

(dated)(somewhat dated, with the) The latest fad or fashion.

To go to bed late, to rise late, to breakfast late, to dine late, and to visit late, is to be “quite the thing,” or in good English, which you may understand better than the first phrase, to be in the fashion.

(informal)A custom or practice.

Cheek kissing is a French thing; you get used to it after a while.

(informal)(informal, with a) A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).

Q: Bacon pie? Is that a thing? A: Yes, I checked into it, and it's a thing. Some people are even connoisseurs about it.

(informal)A unit or container, usually containing consumable goods.

Could you get me a thing of apple juice at the store?

I just ate a whole thing of jelly beans.

(informal)A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.

The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety.

That's the thing: we don't know where he is.

(euphemistic, slang)A penis.

(euphemistic, slang)A vulva or vagina.

A living being or creature.

you poor thing

sweet young thing

she's a funny old thing, but her heart's in the right place

I met a pretty blond thing at the bar

Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.

Oh yeah, I'm supposed to promote that vision thing.

Don’t forget to have Gomez postpone that shooting thing. (in reference to the execution of Fernandez)

(informal)(informal, used possessively, chiefly in the negative) That which is favoured; personal preference.

it's not really my thing

Tool talk [is] not my thing.

The Internet isn't my thing. I so much rather talk on the phone.

(informal)(informal, used possessively, with "do") One's typical routine, habits, or manner.

let me do my thing; I'm here doing my thing

But I'm just a guy from Missoula, Montana, doing my thing, going down the road like everybody else.

(historical)(chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.

The goðar seem both to have received payment of thing-fararkaup from those who stayed home and at the same time compensated those who went to the thing, and it cannot be seen whether they had any profit from these transactions.

(informal)A romantic relationship.

(informal)A romantic couple.

Are John and Jennifer a thing again? I thought they broke up.

(Multicultural London English, alt of, alternative)(MLE) Alternative form of ting.

(Multicultural London English)(MLE) Girl; attractive woman.

Look at the nyash on that thing!

(rare)To express as a thing; to reify.