doodad
Meaning
Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
Synonyms
whatchamacallum
gadget
flat car
Translations
coso
chisme
machin
coisa
Dingsda
daixòPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈduːdæd/
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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