Doohickey

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  doohickey
       n : something whose name is either forgotten or not known [syn:
           {dohickey}, {dojigger}, {doodad}, {gimmick}, {hickey}, {gizmo},
            {gismo}, {gubbins}, {thingamabob}, {thingumabob}, {thingmabob},
            {thingamajig}, {thingumajig}, {thingmajig}, {thingummy}]