doohickey

2 definitions found

doohickey - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  doohickey \doo"hick*ey\, n.
     Any object, usually a tool or other device, whose name is
     forgotten, or not known.
  
     Syn: thingumbob, whatchamacallit, whachamacallit. [PJC]

doohickey - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  doohickey
      n 1: something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not
           known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its
           socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the
           corner that you will want to use" [syn: doodad,
           doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gizmo, gismo,
           gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob,
           thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy,
           whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget]