doohickey
doohickey · doohickeys
щось, річ, дещо
нечто, предмет, вещь
Sache, Ding, Gegenstand
A thingA thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)
US/ˈduhɪki/
» Ah, crap. I dropped my doohickey into the sink.
Meaning
1 senses(slang)A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)
What does this doohickey do?
Dingsbums, Dingsda
штуко́винаštukóvina
More definitions
- something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
Examples
4 sentencesAh, crap. I dropped my doohickey into the sink.
What is this doohickey?
What's this doohickey for?
What's this doohickey?
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
a thing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a thing:
Origin
First attested 1914, of uncertain origin, probably from doodad + hickey.First attested 1914, of uncertain origin, probably from doodad + hickey.
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