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doohickey
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun doohickey has 1 sense
- doohickey(n = noun.artifact) doodad, 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
OXFORD DICTIONARY
doohickey, n. (pl. -eys) US colloq. a small object, esp. mechanical.
Etymology
DOODAD + HICKEY
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