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Doodad

//ˈduːdæd// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known wordnet

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”).

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