wikipedia|dab=whatchamacallit
English
Etymology
shortened version of "what you may call it"
Noun
en-noun
- a metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name you don�t know or can�t remember. There are many spellings and many synonyms.
Synonyms
dohickey, doohickey
doober
doodad
doover italbrac|Australia
jobbyjobber
thingamabob, thingumabob, thingummybob
thingamajig
thingo italbrac|Australia
thingummy
whatnot
whatsit
Translations
trans-top|an object of unknown name
French: truc m, machin m
German: Dingsbums m/f/n
Hungarian: izé
Italian: coso m
Neapolitan: chilleto
trans-mid
Russian: как его/е�/и� �ам
Slovak: oné
Spanish: chisme m, chunche m italbrac|Mexico, coso m italbrac|River Plate region, vaina f italbrac|Central America|Caribbean|Colombia
Ukrainian: �к його/��/�� �ам
trans-bottom
See also
gadget
gimmick
gizmo
Category:Metasyntactic words
fr:whatchamacallit
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