whatchamacallit
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈwɒtʃəməkɔːlɪt/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈʍʌtʃəməkɔlɪt/, /ˈwʌt-/, /ˈwʌtʃməkɑlɪt/
Noun

whatchamacallit (plural whatchamacallits)

  1. (slang) A metasyntactic term used for any object#Noun|object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.
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