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whatchamacallits

whatchamacallits is the plural of whatchamacallit.

Meaning of whatchamacallit

Noun

whatchamacallit (plural whatchamacallits or whatchamacallem or whatchamacall'em)

  1. (colloquial) A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.
    • The Thingamajig and the Wachamacallit.1921, Johnny Gruelle, Orphant Annie Story Book, Volume 7, page 69
    Synonyms:
    thingy

Questions about whatchamacallits

What is whatchamacallits the plural of?
Whatchamacallits is the plural of whatchamacallit.

Words near whatchamacallits in the dictionary

  1. whatchamacaller
  2. whatchamacallher
  3. whatchamacallhim
  4. whatchamacallim
  5. whatchamacallit
  6. whatchamacallits
  7. whatchamahoozie
  8. whatchamahoozies
  9. whatcheeriid
  10. whatcheeriids
  11. whatchoo

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