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what'shisname

what'shisname is the alternative form of what's-his-name.

Meaning of what's-his-name

Pronoun

what's-his-name (plural what's-their-names)

  1. (informal, singular) A man whose identity is unknown or forgotten (especially when better-known to the listener).
    • Near-synonyms: what's-his-face (what's-her-face, what's-their-face); whatchamacallhim (whatchamacallher); you-know-who; so-and-so; see also Thesaurus:what's-their-name

See all 2 meanings of what's-his-name

Forms of what'shisname

Pronoun
pluralwhat'stheirnames
Noun
pluralwhat'shisnames

Questions about what'shisname

What is what'shisname the alternative form of?
What'shisname is the alternative form of what's-his-name.

Words near what'shisname in the dictionary

  1. what'sernames
  2. what'sherface
  3. what'shername
  4. what'shernames
  5. what'shisface
  6. what'shisname
  7. what'shisnames
  8. what'sisface
  9. what'sisname
  10. what'sisnames
  11. what'stheirface

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Adapted from Wiktionary: what'shisname (page history and authors); what's-his-name (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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