whatchamacallit

3 definitions found

whatchamacallit - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  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]

whatchamacallit - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  whatchamacallit
      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]