doohickey
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See also: doo-hickey
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested 1914, of uncertain origin, probably from doodad + hickey.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
doohickey (plural doohickeys)
- (slang, originally US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thingy
- What does this doohickey do?
Translations[edit]
a thing
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Further reading[edit]
- Jonathon Green (2024) “dohickey n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
- placeholder name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia