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whatchamacallitenUK
what·cha·ma·call·it W5113600 (wŏch′ə-mə-kôl′ĭt, wŭch′-, hwŏch′-, hwŭch′-)n. Something whose name is unknown or forgotten.
[Alteration of what you may call it.]whatchamacallit (ˈwɒtʃəməˌkɔːlɪt) n another word for whatsitThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  whatchamacallit - something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget, doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmickstuff - miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff" |
TranslationswhatchamacallitenUK
doohickeyA name for a gadget or thing whose actual name is unknown or has been forgotten. Where's that doohickey? I need it to finish this repair. Hand me that doohickey or whatever it's called, will you?doohickey verbSee doojiggerwhatchamacallit (ˈʍətʃəməˈkɑlɪt) n. a name for a person or thing whose real name has been forgotten or is being avoided. I lost my—you know—my whatchamacallit—my watch! whatchamacallitSomething whose name is not known or has been forgotten. A slangy alteration of “what you may call it,” it dates from the first quarter of the twentieth century. For example, “He’s got that new gadget on his car, a whatchamacallit—oh, a GPS.” Similar if not quite synonymous terms are doohickey and thingamabob, dating from about the same time. For example, “The Digital Book System . . . a doohickey slightly bigger than a cassette box—that stores the equivalent of 10 Bibles” (Newsweek, December 7, 1992).FinancialSeeWhatsitwhatchamacallitenUK
Synonyms for whatchamacallitnoun something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not knownSynonyms- gismo
- gizmo
- gubbins
- thingamabob
- thingamajig
- thingmabob
- thingmajig
- thingumabob
- thingumajig
- thingummy
- whatchamacallum
- whatsis
- widget
- doodad
- doohickey
- doojigger
- gimmick
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