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whaddayacallit

whaddayacallit noun: a metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember.

Noun

whaddayacallit (plural whaddayacallits)

  1. A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember.

Forms of whaddayacallit

pluralwhaddayacallits

Origin of whaddayacallit

From what do you call it. Compare whatdoyoucallit.

Questions about whaddayacallit

What does whaddayacallit mean?
Whaddayacallit means a metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember.
What part of speech is whaddayacallit?
Whaddayacallit is a noun.
What is the plural of whaddayacallit?
The plural of whaddayacallit is whaddayacallits.

Words near whaddayacallit in the dictionary

  1. Whackypedia
  2. whad
  3. whadaya
  4. whadda
  5. whaddaya
  6. whaddayacallit
  7. whaddayacallits
  8. whaddayaknow
  9. whaddayamean
  10. whaddayasay
  11. whaddayathink

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