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doohickey
doohickey
See also: doo-hickey
English
Alternative forms
Noun
doohickey (plural doohickeys)
- A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall)
- What does this doohickey do?
Synonyms
- dohickey
- dojigger
- doodad, doodah
- gimmick
- gismo, gizmo
- gubbins
- hickey
- kajigger
- thingamabob, thingmabob, thingumabob, thingummabob
- thingamajig, thingmajig, thingumajig, thingummajig
- thingummy
- thingy
- whatsit
- whaddayacallit, whatchamacallit
- da kine (local Hawaiian slang)
- See also Wikisaurus:thingy
Translations
a thing