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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind..
Hey, hand me the whatitsname, will you? I need to tighten the doodah on this thingummybob.
Don’t forget to feed whatsitsname.
Use whats its name when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Whats its name means Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind..
Common synonyms include whatsit, Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, hickey.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Hey, hand me the whatitsname, will you? I need to tighten the doodah on this thingummybob.
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