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whatsitsname

whatsitsname noun: any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind.

Noun

whatsitsname (plural whatsitsnames)

  1. Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind.
    • Hey, hand me the whatitsname, will you? I need to tighten the doodah on this thingummybob.
    • Don’t forget to feed whatsitsname.1971 May, Elenor Grozney, “Letters”, in National Lampoon, volume 1, number 14, New York, N.Y.: National Lampoon, Inc., page 6, column 3
    Synonyms:
    whatsit, Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, hickey, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie, jigger, gismo

Synonyms of whatsitsname

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Forms of whatsitsname

pluralwhatsitsnames
alternative formwhat's-its-name
alternative formwossname

Origin of whatsitsname

From what's + its + name.

Questions about whatsitsname

What does whatsitsname mean?
Whatsitsname means any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind.
What part of speech is whatsitsname?
Whatsitsname is a noun.
What is the plural of whatsitsname?
The plural of whatsitsname is whatsitsnames.

Words near whatsitsname in the dictionary

  1. whatsisface
  2. whatsisname
  3. whatsisnames
  4. whatsit
  5. whatsits
  6. whatsitsname
  7. whatsitsnames
  8. whatso
  9. whatsoe'er
  10. whatsoever
  11. whatsomever

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