doohickey
noun
a gadget; dingus; thingamajig.
doohickeys
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pluralof doohickey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For years, as an early-warning alert system, the county agricultural people had been hanging Medfly traps hither and thither among our pretty, fructiferous trees — little A-frame-shaped cardboard doohickeys with a dab of fly attractant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024
It’s one of those little mechanical doohickeys where you push it in, then it pops out.
From The Verge ● Mar. 29, 2022
Yet despite all the cable doohickeys, Wicked City is fundamentally network.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2015
Best-case scenario: The twins would be delivered six weeks early and live in a box with gadgets and doohickeys connected to their bodies for the first few weeks or months of their lives.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2013
Little plastic doohickeys and thingamabobs cover many surfaces.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2011
