noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind.

   "Hey, hand me the whatitsname, will you? I need to tighten the doodah on this thingummybob."

Synonyms

All synonyms

;affairbazingabizzochingaderachummy

Example

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"Hey, hand me the whatitsname, will you? I need to tighten the doodah on this thingummybob."

Etymology

From what's + its + name.

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