doohickey
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See also: doo-hickey
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
First attested 1914, of uncertain origin, probably from doodad + hickey.
Pronunciation
Noun
doohickey (plural doohickeys)
- (slang, originally US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thingy
- What does this doohickey do?
- 1981 October 27, William E. Geist, “HUNTING FOR DOOHICKEYS”, in The New York Times:
- Customers will ask for "gizmos" and "what-cha-ma-call-its" and "doohickeys," and make crude drawings on paper bags of what it is they think they need.
- 2019 December 8, Scott Tobias, “‘Watchmen’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap: Chicken or Egg?”, in The New York Times:
- Besides, the show has invented a doohickey that makes it possible for Dr. Manhattan to exist as Calvin, a stable and supportive husband and father with no memory of his life as Jon Osterman, who can live out those 10 years as something close to a human being.
Translations
a thing
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Further reading
- “dohickey n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
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