doohickey

English

Alternative forms

• dohickey, do-hickey, do-hinky, doohinky

Etymology

First attested 1914, of uncertain origin, probably from doodad + hickey.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dhĭk′ē

Noun

doohickey (plural doohickeys)

1. 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

• Dutch: dinges (nl) m
• Finnish: vehje (fi), vekotin (fi), hilavitkutin (fi)
• French: truc (fr) m, machin (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Dingsbums (de), Dingsda (de)
• Hawaiian Pidgin: da kine

• Italian: coso (it)
• Polish: wihajster (pl) m
• Russian: штуковина (ru) (štukóvina) f
• Serbo-Croatian: stvarčica (sh) f
• Swedish: grunka, mackapär, manick, mojäng, pryl, sak, ting, tingest
• Tok Pisin: samting (tpi)

External links

• Wikipedia article on placeholder names