whatchamacallit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.

/ˈwɒtʃəməˌkɔːlɪt/ /ˈwʌt͡ʃəməˌkɔlɪt/ /ˈwʌt͡ʃməˌkɑlɪt/ /ˈwɔtʃəməˌkɔːɫət/ en-au-whatchamacallit.ogg

whatchamacallit whatchamacallits whatchamacallem whatchamacall'em what-you-may-call-it

Univerbation and contraction of what you may call it. United States, 20th century (recorded in 1921).

thingy

whatchamacallher whatchamacallhim

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