doohickey

Plural: doohickeys

Noun

• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
• A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)

Examples

• What does this doohickey do?

Synonyms

doodad, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget, MacGuffin, Sorted alphabetically, Sorted by number of Google hits, affair, bazinga, bizzo, dealie, dealy, dinglehopper, dingus, dohickey, dojigger, dongle, doo-hickey, doober, doodah, doofer, doohickey, doohickus, doohinkey, doohinkus, doovalacky, foo, foobar, frammis, frobnitz, gadget, geegaw, gewgaw, gingambob, gingumbob, hickey, hodad, hootenanny, jawn, jigger, jimbang, jobber, jobby, joint, junk, kajigger, kludge, oojamaflip, rigamajig, shebang, stuff, thing, thingabob, thingamabobber, thingamafuck, thingamajigger, thingamajiggy, thingie, thingmy, thingo, thingum, thingummabob, thingummajig, thingummyjig, thingy, thingymabob, thingymajig, ting, whachacallit, whachamacallit, whaddayacallit, whatchacallit, whatchamahoozie, whatdoyoucallit, whatdyecallem, whatnot, whatsaname, whatsit, whatsitsname, whiff-whaff, whosiewhatsit, whosit, wossisname, wossname, wotsit, yoke, yokibus