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doodad
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun doodad has 1 sense
- doodad(n = noun.artifact) doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget - 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" is a kind of stuff
THESAURUS
doodad
affair, article, artifact, business, dingus, dofunny, dohickey, dojigger, dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, dowhacky, eppes, etwas, flumadiddle, gadget, gigamaree, gimmick, gizmo, hickey, hootenanny, hootmalalie, jigger, material thing, object, quelque chose, something, thing, thingum, thingumabob, thingumadad, thingumadoodle, thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree, thingummy, whatchy, widget
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