Did you hear that what's-his-name crashed his motorcycle?
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What's-his-name
Synonyms for "what's-his-name" (2 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Pronoun(1 words)
Related words (1)
Pronoun(1 words)
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Translations
26 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَا اِسْمَهُ pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
Dutch
2 entries- dinges pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
- jeweetwel pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
French
4 entries- Machin (see machin) pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
- Tartempion pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
- Untel pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
- c'est-quoi-son-nom pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
German
1 entries- Dingsda pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
Hebrew
1 entries- פלוני אלמוני pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
Indonesian
2 entries- fulan pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
- si anu pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
Italian
1 entries- Coso pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
Māori
1 entries- mea pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
Polish
1 entries- jak mu tam pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
Portuguese
1 entries- fulano pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
Russian
2 entries- ка́к его́ pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
- э́тот са́мый pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- kak-se-zove pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
Spanish
3 entries- fulano pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
- mengano pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
- zutano pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
Tamil
1 entries- இவன் pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
Yiddish
2 entries- האָצמאַך pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
- יענער פּלוני pron (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
What's-his-name was in church today.
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Mr. What's-his-name called me.
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What's-his-name is boring.
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