Thesaurus results for DOOHICKEY

doohickey

noun

ˈdü-ˌhi-kē

Definition of doohickey

as in thingamajig

a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember screw in the doohickey at the top of the lamp shade

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Recent Examples of doohickey Ty, who grew up in Breckenridge, also has eyes on other high-end outdoor doohickeys to complement the Skyloft Van. — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025 That is the fateful question seemingly posed by this new Pixar installment, which picks up on the familiar parenting conundrum about screentime as Woody, Buzz and the gang encounter a new doohickey in the playroom – a tablet. — Dan Heching, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026 This small doohickey works with Amazon Key In-Garage Delivery, an exclusive Prime member benefit that protects your packages from porch pirates and increment weather. — Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024 Co-writes from Brandi Carlile and vocals from Chris Stapleton can’t save it; the choruses can’t muster up the old dopamine hits; even the trademark Dessner doohickeys seem absent, just uninspired arrangements with heavily Melodyned vocals. — Hannah Jocelyn, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for doohickey

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Noun

And this doesn’t include the little four-facial-expression thingamajigs in airport restrooms that ask you to rank cleanliness by touching them.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Lenovo’s claim appears to be that the Legion 9i can fully cool itself with this method, no thingamajig needed.

— Monica Chin, The Verge, 1 Sep. 2023

Definition of thingamajig

Noun

Sometimes, images are blurred and overlaid as densely as the chaos of musical fragments and creaking sonic whatsits in Joseph Field Eccles and Nick Smyth’s own sound design.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Back then, the song was a fast, visionary whatsit, all pulsing, pipe-like synths and simple, buzzing one-bit melodies.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024

Definition of whatsit

Noun

Here, this happily deluded dingus is played by a modern master of the type, David Cross.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Companion, meanwhile, quickly makes clear what a dingus Josh is; the film seems uninterested in deeper character study, instead just generating turns aplenty to keep up the momentum.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025

Definition of dingus

Noun

Neighbor-bully-jerkface Trey takes the bolt cutters to the tunnel’s electrical whatchamacallits, which causes a minor explosion and opens up that wicked grate that got Matty in ’94.

— Nick Caruso, TVLine, 11 Jan. 2025
The ranking only includes the 193 breeds that the AKC recognizes, so unfortunately, mixed breeds like maltipoos, goldendoodles and whatchamacallits aren't on it.

— AJ Willingham, CNN, 9 May 2020

Definition of whatchamacallit

Noun

Here are some tricks for how to remove a hickey beyond the old scarf or turtleneck trick.

— Lindsey Ellefson, Glamour, 28 Dec. 2024
The final piece of the puzzle snaps into place as the gang attends a party thrown by Mac’s friend and former producer Roya (Haven Burton), who happens to own the monkey that gave Mac that embarrassing small-mouth hickey.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024

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