Whatchamacallit

Quick meaning: Whatchamacallit is a noun meaning (colloquial) A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.

Meaning

(colloquial) A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.

Example Sentences

The Thingamajig and the Wachamacallit.

You’re—you must be the whatchamacallit, huh? The peer.

"Think we ought to check this whatchamacallit?" / "No, that doodad over there seems to be the problem."

As you've said, the safety of the American people is our first priority. We have orders that if these EMP whatchamacallits can't be secured then they must be destroyed.

Word Forms

• whatchamacallits
• whatchamacallem
• whatchamacall'em

Synonyms for whatchamacallit

Depending on context, synonyms include thingy, sundry, stuff, whatsis, sundries.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include whatsis, sundry, stuff, sundries, mee-maw, miscellaneity.

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