Whatchamacallit
Definitions
A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.
Equivalents
24 more languages
العربيةما يُسمّى
Българскитакова
Catalàdaixonses
Češtinatentononc
Esperantoumo
Suomihilavitkutin
Magyarizé
ქართულირა ჰქვია
Nederlandsdinges
isiZuluilokhuzane
Examples
“The Thingamajig and the Wachamacallit.”
“You’re—you must be the whatchamacallit, huh? The peer.”
“JESSICA: How many times do I have⟳ to say⟳ it? We were not stealing, Officer. We were just— / MONAHAN: I know⟳. Performing some kind of whatchamacallit deed. Anyhow, they go to the clink, that's what happens to people who filch city property.”
“I'm a boy, so when I'm sick, they can call⟳ in poohaghooma, Indian doctor. But not Tom Mitchell! No, sir! [We] won't have⟳ Tom Mitchell to doctor me! 'Cause whatchamacallit, he always used to doctor me …”
“"Think⟳ we ought to check this whatchamacallit?" / "No, that doodad over there seems to be the problem."”
“You know⟳, he looked at everybody and everything but not me as if just by letting his eyes rest⟳ on me for a moment would let⟳ out that he and I are having a whatchamacalit.”
“As you've said, the safety of the American people is our first priority. We have⟳ orders that if these EMP whatchamacallits can't be secured then they must be destroyed.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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