1. plural of gubbins; miscellaneous small objects, gadgets, or mechanical parts of unclear purpose or function
Usage: informal; chiefly British
2. plural of gubbins; nonsense or rubbish; trivial or unimportant matters
Usage: informal; chiefly British

Examples

• The old toolbox was filled with various gubbinses—springs, bolts, and unidentifiable metal pieces.
• I don't understand all these technical gubbinses in the instruction manual.
• He spent the afternoon tinkering with electronic gubbinses in his garage.
• Stop talking such gubbinses and get to the point.
• The drawer was cluttered with computer gubbinses and cables.
• She sorted through the gubbinses to find the right part for the repair.