whatnot
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pronoun \ˈhwät-ˌnät, ˈwät-, ˈ(h)wət-\Definition of WHATNOT
: any of various other things that might also be mentioned <paper clips, pins, and whatnot>
See Examples of WHATNOT
- You can use the container to hold paper clips, pins, and whatnot.
- <the drawer is full of spare pens, paper clips, stray elastics and whatnot>
Origin of WHATNOT
what not?
First Known Use: 1540
Rhymes with WHATNOT
à droite, allot, a lot, ascot, a shot, Banat, bank shot, besot, big shot, black rot, black spot, blind spot, bloodshot, bowknot, boycott, brown rot, buckshot, bullshot, cachepot, calotte, cheap shot, chip shot, crackpot, Crock-Pot, culotte, dashpot, despot, dogtrot, dovecote, draw shot, dreadnought, drop shot, drylot, dry rot, dunk shot, ear rot, earshot, ergot, eyeshot, eyespot, feedlot, fiat, firepot, fleshpot, foot rot, foul shot, fox-trot, fusspot, fylfot, garrote, gavotte, grapeshot, G-spot, gunshot, half-knot, have-not, highspot, hotchpot, hot pot, hotshot, ikat, jackpot, job lot, jog trot, jump shot, Kalat, Korat, kumquat, leaf spot, long shot, loquat, love knot, manat, marplot, moon shot, motmot, mug shot, nightspot, odd lot, one-shot, Pequot, Pol Pot, potshot, Rabat, red-hot, reef knot, ring spot, robot, root knot, root rot, sandlot, set shot, sexpot, Shabbat, Shebat, sheepcote, slap shot, slingshot, slipknot, slungshot, snapshot, soft rot, soft spot, somewhat, split shot, square knot, stinkpot, stockpot, subplot, sunspot, sweet spot, sword knot, teapot, tin-pot, topknot, tosspot, try-pot, upshot, wainscot, warm spot, white-hot, woodlot, wood shot, wrist shot
2whatnot
nounDefinition of WHATNOT
1
: a nondescript person or thing
2
: a light open set of shelves for bric-a-brac
Examples of WHATNOT
- <the store sells an array of whatnots for the do-it-yourself plumber>
First Known Use of WHATNOT
1602
Related to WHATNOT
- Synonyms
- dingus, doohickey, hickey, thingamabob, thingamajig (or thingumajig), thingummy, whatchamacallit, doodad, whatsit (also whatsis or what-is-it)
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