Definitions
1.nounThat which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
2.nounA word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
3.nounAn individual object or distinct entity.
4.nounA genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief)."Bacon pie? Is that a thing?"
5.nounWhatever can be owned.
6.nounCorporeal object.
7.noun(somewhat obsolete, with the) The latest fad or fashion.
8.noun(in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment."Hold on, let me just grab my things."
9.nounA unit or container, usually containing edible goods."get me a thing of apple juice at the store; I just ate a whole thing of jelly beans"
10.nounA problem, dilemma, or complicating factor."The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety."
11.nounA penis.
12.nounA living being or creature."you poor thing; she's a funny old thing, but her heart's in the right place; I met a pretty blond thing at the bar"
13.nounThat which matters; the crux."that's the thing: we don't know where he went; the thing is, I don't have any money"
14.nounUsed after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent."Oh yeah, I'm supposed to promote that vision thing."
15.nounThat which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)
16.nounA public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
17.nounA romantic relationship.
18.verbTo express as a thing; to reify.