doohickey
See also: doo-hickey
English edit
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Etymology edit
First attested 1914, of uncertain origin, probably from doodad + hickey.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
doohickey (plural doohickeys)
- (slang, originally US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thingy
- What does this doohickey do?
Translations edit
a thing
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Further reading edit
- Jonathon Green (2024) “dohickey n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
- placeholder name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia