doodad

Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈduːdæd/

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”).

whatchamacallum

gadget

flat car

dallò

trasto

endergues

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