whatsis

whatsis
noun
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
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she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket

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there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use

Syn:
Hypernyms: ↑stuff

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  • whatsis — AND whatsit; whatzit; whazzit[“Avatsis AND “Avatsit, “Avatsit, “Avazit] n. <a name for a person or thing whose real name has been forgotten or is being avoided.> □ Hand me that whatsis, will ou? □ Put this little whatzit on the top and… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • whatsis — noun see whatsit …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • whatsis — /hwuts is, hwots , wuts , wots /, n. Informal. a thing or object whose name one does not know or cannot recall. [reduction of what s this] * * * …   Universalium

  • whatsis — noun Any object whose actual name one does not know or cannot remember …   Wiktionary

  • whatsis — n. thingamajig, thingamabob, ¨what s it¨, some object, something whose name is forgotten …   English contemporary dictionary

  • whatsis — what·sis …   English syllables

  • whatsit — also whatsis or what is it noun Etymology: whatsit & whatsis contraction of what is it Date: circa 1882 thingamajig …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • whachamacallit — whachamacallit, n. Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known. [Also spelled {whatchamacallit}.] Syn: thingumbob, doohickey, dingus, whatsis, what do you call it. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • whachamacallit — whatchamacallit whatchamacallit, n. Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known. [Also spelled {whachamacallit}.] Syn: thingumbob, doohickey, dingus, whatsis, what do you call it. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • whatchamacallit — whachamacallit whachamacallit, n. Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known. [Also spelled {whatchamacallit}.] Syn: thingumbob, doohickey, dingus, whatsis, what do you call it. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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