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as in thingamajig
a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember
where does this little doodad go?
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as in ornamental
a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest
has a habit of buying gadgets and doodads sold on television shopping channels
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as in ornament
something that decorates or beautifies
the array of doodads that some drivers hang from their rearview mirror
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Recent Examples of doodad
The keyboard doesn’t deliver a ton of extras, unlike its pricier, more elaborate counterpart, the Dark Mount, but that's a good thing: The lack of shiny doodads keeps the price down.
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Aubrey Jowers,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
His time machine is constructed from a see-through raincoat, an angry piggy backpack, a bunch of wires and tubes, and every sci-fi-looking gizmo and doodad the prop department could hot-glue to it.
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Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2026
These new doodads are often flashy, but always seem a little off the mark.
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James Folta,
Literary Hub,
15 Dec. 2025
For me, her most useful doodad was a 10-inch microwave splatter cover (Nordic Ware, $1.82 at Walmart).
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arkansasonline.com,
10 July 2025
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Aubrey Jowers,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
His time machine is constructed from a see-through raincoat, an angry piggy backpack, a bunch of wires and tubes, and every sci-fi-looking gizmo and doodad the prop department could hot-glue to it.
—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2026
These new doodads are often flashy, but always seem a little off the mark.
—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
15 Dec. 2025
For me, her most useful doodad was a 10-inch microwave splatter cover (Nordic Ware, $1.82 at Walmart).
—
arkansasonline.com,
10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doodad
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And this doesn’t include the little four-facial-expression thingamajigs in airport restrooms that ask you to rank cleanliness by touching them.
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Lenovo’s claim appears to be that the Legion 9i can fully cool itself with this method, no thingamajig needed.
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The plant was a Japanese yew, an ornamental that is toxic and deadly to horses, according to the report.
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Many of the plants on this list can be interplanted with ornamentals in garden beds and around your patio or deck.
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But what if diversity wasn’t just a checkbox or an ornament for your outward-facing messaging?
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Lawn Ornaments Too many lawn ornaments, such as gnomes, fairies, dolls, or flamingos, read as tacky to Emily Roose, the founder of Emily Roose Interiors.
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There’s an amulet (one of those glowing doohickeys the fate of the cosmos hangs on), and your heart may sink every time someone starts chattering about it.
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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.
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Nearby Lost Art Jewelry sells handmade baubles by a master goldsmith.
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This is her 12-carat Ceylon sapphire, surrounded by 14 round diamonds on a platinum band—a bauble formerly owned by her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana.
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Dior dresses the players for every official appearance—not as a sponsorship decoration but as a statement of aesthetic register.
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Clean gutters and drains, inspect roofs for loose or damaged materials, trim trees and secure outdoor furniture and decorations.
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Wicks ends up dead, stabbed in the back with a sinister-looking thingamabob.
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But where barrel jeans play with proportions and cuts, these pants are more about doohickeys and thingamabobs, straps, flaps, and pulleys.
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Words that foiled spellers included chrysal, athanor, cloxacillin, heliconius, torticollis, platylepadid and gewgaw, and at one point judges had to review a video replay to determine whether a speller said the letter I or Y.
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And how nice to see Cynthia Erivo — to really see the woman and not have her overwhelmed by an elaborate mishmash of ruffles and gewgaws.
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“Doodad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doodad. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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