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单词 doohickeys
释义

doohickey

noun

doo·​hick·​ey ˈdü-ˌhi-kē How to pronounce doohickey (audio)
plural doohickeys also doohickies
: doodad sense 2

Synonyms

  • dingus
  • doodad
  • hickey
  • thingamabob
  • thingamajig
  • thingumajig
  • thingummy
  • whatchamacallit
  • whatnot
  • whatsit
  • whatsis
  • what-is-it
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Example Sentences

screw in the doohickey at the top of the lamp shade
Recent Examples on the Web This is the Dyson Zone, a personal air-purifying mask and noise-canceling headphone doohickey that started life well before the Covid-19 pandemic made masks mainstream. Chris Haslam, Wired, 30 Mar. 2022 For full effect, turn off the bathroom lights and only use this plastic doohickey to colorfully illuminate your tub or stall. Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2022 Every doohickey near her mysteriously explodes, and the undersea station starts flooding, leaving Norah and the other sweaty survivors to find their way to safety while being besieged by a mysterious force. David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2020 While this isn't the typical device or doohickey one expects to sample at CES, hey, technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes – and food is pretty practical. Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2020 For parents of the 3.6 million American teens who vape, that innocent-looking little doohickey masquerading as a memory stick may very well turn out to be a Juul. Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 4 Sep. 2019 Because the Apple Watch is a device people actually want to wear, not some giant medical doohickey strapped to your upper arm, people are likely to wear it more and get more out of its monitoring and examinations. David Pierce, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2018 So Gaymon got busy with a doohickey that looked like a miniature tennis racket, taking turns spritzing with a fine sheen of coconut oil and grinding its mesh into Robinson’s hair. Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2018 Bookshelves support a collection of tomes, bottles of glue, stacks of papers bound in string, bags and doohickeys, and other various and sundry bits and pieces. Pelican Bomb, NOLA.com, 23 Jan. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

probably from doodad + hickey

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

doohickeys

noun

variants also doohickies
plural of doohickey
as in thingamajigs
a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember screw in the doohickey at the top of the lamp shade

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • thingamajigs
  • thingamabobs
  • whatsits
  • doodads
  • thingummies
  • whatnots
  • dinguses
  • whatchamacallits
  • hickeys
  • thingumajigs
  • what-is-its
  • whatses
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