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/ˈduhɪki/ · noun
(slang, originally US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall).
What does this doohickey do?
Customers will ask for "gizmos" and "what-cha-ma-call-its" and "doohickeys," and make crude drawings on paper bags of what it is they think they need.
Besides, the show has invented a doohickey that makes it possible for Dr. Manhattan to exist as Calvin, a stable and supportive husband and father with no memory of his life as Jon Osterman, who can live out those 10 years as something close to a human being.
Use doohickey when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Doohickey means (slang, originally US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall).
Common synonyms include Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, hickey, gizmo.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
What does this doohickey do?
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