Syn: thingumbob, doohickey, dingus, whatsis, what-do-you-call-it. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
whachamacallit — whachamacallit, n. Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known. [Also spelled {whatchamacallit}.] Syn: thingumbob, doohickey, dingus, whatsis, what do you call it. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whachamacallit — /hwuch euh meuh kawl it, hwoch , wuch , woch /, n. Informal. an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall. Also, whatchamacallit, what you may call it, what do you call it. [1940 45; sp. of what you may call it reflecting… … Universalium
whachamacallit — /hwuch euh meuh kawl it, hwoch , wuch , woch /, n. Informal. an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall. Also, whatchamacallit, what you may call it, what do you call it. [1940 45; sp. of what you may call it reflecting… … Useful english dictionary
whatchamacallit — whachamacallit whachamacallit, n. Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known. [Also spelled {whatchamacallit}.] Syn: thingumbob, doohickey, dingus, whatsis, what do you call it. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
doohickey — doo hick*ey, n. Any object, usually a tool or other device, whose name is forgotten, or not known. Syn: thingumbob, whatchamacallit, whachamacallit. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whatchamacallit — whatchamacallit, n. Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known. [Also spelled {whachamacallit}.] Syn: thingumbob, doohickey, dingus, whatsis, what do you call it. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whatchamacallit — /hwuch euh meuh kawl it, hwoch , wuch , woch /, n. whachamacallit. Also, what do you call it /hwud euh yeuh kawl it, hwod , wud , wod /. * * * … Universalium
what-you-may-call-it — /hwuch euh meuh kawl it, hwoch , wuch , woch /, n. whachamacallit. * * * … Universalium
contraption — n Informal. contrivance, device, gadget, invention, creation, artifice, makeshift, hickey, widget; mechanism, apparatus, rig, gear, tackle, equipment, machine, appliance, Rube Goldberg, Archaic. trangam; All Inf. whachamacallit, thingumajig,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
gadget — n 1. contrivance, device, invention, creation, artifice, makeshift, hickey, widget, Rube Goldberg; mechanism, apparatus, machine, appliance; instrument, implement, tool, utensil. 2.All Inf. contraption, whachamacallit, thingumajig, thingamabob,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
