Doohickey

Quick meaning: Doohickey is a noun meaning (slang, originally US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall).

Meaning

(slang, originally US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall).

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

• doohickeys
• doo-hickey
• doohinky

Synonyms for doohickey

Depending on context, synonyms include widget, hickey, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dojigger, doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingummy, thingamabob.

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