doodahn.

Brit.

/ˈduːdɑː/, U.S.

/ˈduˌdɑ/

Forms: Also do-da, dooda.

Etymology: < the refrain doo-da(h) of the plantation song ‘Camptown Races’.

slang.

1. all of a doodah: in a state of excitement; dithering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > [adjective]

fevering?a1200

upreareda1382

warm1390

amoveda1400

entalented1402

stirred1483

intoxicatea1533

roused1575

vibrant1575

waked1581

irritated1595

uproused1597

gunpowdered1604

concitated1652

exagitated1659

animated1660

upstirreda1666

instinct1667

hot-headed1679

flushed1749

abubble1766

agig1767

fermentitious1807

suscitated1811

effervescent1833

effervescing1837

quick1837

galvanized1843

ginger beery1849

excited1855

ablaze1859

het1862

effervescible1866

thrilly1893

piqued1902

all of a doodah1915

hopped-up1923

adrenalized1935

volted1936

hyped1938

spooked up1939

twitterpated1942

up1942

jazzed1955

psyched1963

amped1967

plugged-in1967

torqued1967

buzzy1978

1915 H. Rosher In Royal Naval Air Service (1916) 97 I had lunch with the R—s and five daughters (swish, I was all of a doo-da!).

1918 Chambers's Jrnl. May 299/1 I feel all of a doo-dah, all of a wonk.

1928 S. Vines Humours Unreconciled xiii. 165 It was the evenings, clearly, that made her ‘all of a religious doodah’.

1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. iii. 307 I don't care if a man's been fifty years in the business, there's the same old thrill comes back. Opening night —all of a doodah!

1952 P. G. Wodehouse Pigs have Wings i. 28 Poor old Clarence was patently all of a doodah.

2. = doodad n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown

swilk and swilkc1175

thinga1325

what-call-ye-him1473

who knows what?1548

I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568

God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569

washical1575

what-d'ye-call-'em1593

so-and-so1596

whiblin1604

so-fortha1616

jiggumboba1625

know-not-whata1642

thingum1652

thingum-thangum1684

what's-his-name1697

something or other1706

thingummy1737

thingamabob1751

something1764

what's-her-name1816

conundrum1817

thingamerry1819

thingamajig1824

somebody1825

what's-its-name1839

whangdoodle1852

thingummytite1865

dingus1866

what-not1876

whatsita1882

gilguy1883

gadget1886

dingbat1894

doohickey1914

oojah1917

oojah capivvy1917

oojiboo1918

doodad1920

tiddlypush1923

whosis1923

thingy1927

doodah1928

doofer1937

hootenanny1940

whatchamacallit1942

gizmo1943

frammis1948

whosit1948

whifflow1961

oobyjiver1963

whatsisface1967

oojamaflip1970

what's-her-face1980

1928 D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club v. 45 D'you mind stickin' all those dark-slides into one pocket and a few odd lenses and doodahs into the other?

a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) iii. i. 166 The old lady next me in the underground wore a flippant skirt, all doo-dahs.

1945 Salt 26 Feb. 16/1 A bit of a kid done up, in trousers with do-da's danging on 'em.

1957 H. Croome Forgotten Place 68 They make little plastic doodahs to use in electrical machinery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	doodah
释义	doodahn. Brit. /ˈduːdɑː/, U.S. /ˈduˌdɑ/ Forms: Also do-da, dooda. Etymology: < the refrain doo-da(h) of the plantation song ‘Camptown Races’. slang. 1. all of a doodah: in a state of excitement; dithering. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > [adjective] fevering?a1200 upreareda1382 warm1390 amoveda1400 entalented1402 stirred1483 intoxicatea1533 roused1575 vibrant1575 waked1581 irritated1595 uproused1597 gunpowdered1604 concitated1652 exagitated1659 animated1660 upstirreda1666 instinct1667 hot-headed1679 flushed1749 abubble1766 agig1767 fermentitious1807 suscitated1811 effervescent1833 effervescing1837 quick1837 galvanized1843 ginger beery1849 excited1855 ablaze1859 het1862 effervescible1866 thrilly1893 piqued1902 all of a doodah1915 hopped-up1923 adrenalized1935 volted1936 hyped1938 spooked up1939 twitterpated1942 up1942 jazzed1955 psyched1963 amped1967 plugged-in1967 torqued1967 buzzy1978 1915 H. Rosher In Royal Naval Air Service (1916) 97 I had lunch with the R—s and five daughters (swish, I was all of a doo-da!). 1918 Chambers's Jrnl. May 299/1 I feel all of a doo-dah, all of a wonk. 1928 S. Vines Humours Unreconciled xiii. 165 It was the evenings, clearly, that made her ‘all of a religious doodah’. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. iii. 307 I don't care if a man's been fifty years in the business, there's the same old thrill comes back. Opening night —all of a doodah! 1952 P. G. Wodehouse Pigs have Wings i. 28 Poor old Clarence was patently all of a doodah. 2. = doodad n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown swilk and swilkc1175 thinga1325 what-call-ye-him1473 who knows what?1548 I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568 God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569 washical1575 what-d'ye-call-'em1593 so-and-so1596 whiblin1604 so-fortha1616 jiggumboba1625 know-not-whata1642 thingum1652 thingum-thangum1684 what's-his-name1697 something or other1706 thingummy1737 thingamabob1751 something1764 what's-her-name1816 conundrum1817 thingamerry1819 thingamajig1824 somebody1825 what's-its-name1839 whangdoodle1852 thingummytite1865 dingus1866 what-not1876 whatsita1882 gilguy1883 gadget1886 dingbat1894 doohickey1914 oojah1917 oojah capivvy1917 oojiboo1918 doodad1920 tiddlypush1923 whosis1923 thingy1927 doodah1928 doofer1937 hootenanny1940 whatchamacallit1942 gizmo1943 frammis1948 whosit1948 whifflow1961 oobyjiver1963 whatsisface1967 oojamaflip1970 what's-her-face1980 1928 D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club v. 45 D'you mind stickin' all those dark-slides into one pocket and a few odd lenses and doodahs into the other? a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) iii. i. 166 The old lady next me in the underground wore a flippant skirt, all doo-dahs. 1945 Salt 26 Feb. 16/1 A bit of a kid done up, in trousers with do-da's danging on 'em. 1957 H. Croome Forgotten Place 68 They make little plastic doodahs to use in electrical machinery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1915
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