whatchamacallit
Meanings
Plural: whatchamacallits
Noun
- something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
- A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.
Origin / Etymology
Clipping of what-you-may-call-it. United States, 20th century (recorded in 1921).
Synonyms
doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, thingy, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget
Scrabble Score: 0
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