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dohickey

dohickey is the alternative spelling of doohickey.

Meaning of doohickey

Noun

doohickey (plural doohickeys)

  1. (slang) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)
    • What does this doohickey do?
    Synonyms:
    Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, hickey, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie, jigger, gismo, gubbins

Forms of dohickey

pluraldohickeys

Questions about dohickey

What is dohickey the alternative spelling of?
Dohickey is the alternative spelling of doohickey.

Words near dohickey in the dictionary

  1. DOHC
  2. DOHCs
  3. Doheny
  4. Dohenys
  5. Doherty
  6. dohickey
  7. dohickeys
  8. Dohm
  9. Dohmen
  10. Dohmens
  11. Dohms

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