Doodad
/ˈduːdæd/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
"My mom has a clever doodad for peeling oranges."
- 2 something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known wordnet
Example
More examples"I can't remember where this little doodad goes."
Etymology
Unknown; attested since the 1880s. Compare earlier daud (“a piece of something”), later doohickey (“a thing (whose name one cannot recall)”), dialectal dad, dadge (“a large piece, chunk”).