Definition of doodad
1 : an ornamental attachment or decoration
2 : an often small article whose common name is unknown or forgotten : gadget
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Examples of doodad in a Sentence
where does this little doodad go?
has a habit of buying gadgets and doodads sold on television shopping channels
Recent Examples of doodad from the Web
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This time she was picked up for allegedly stealing $86.22 worth of doodads from a department store in suburban Atlanta.
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Now, the ADHD-curbing doodad has also hit the beauty sector.
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Preparing food is still a pretty old-fashioned pastime, yet electronics stores can’t wait to inundate us with solar powered, USB-compatible, smartphone-accommodating doodads.
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Bug travels back in time to World War II to steal some magical doodad and teams up with the original Sandman and his kid partner, Sandy; the original Blue Beetle; the WWII comic heroes Gunner and Sarge and Capt.
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Last but not least are the scads of scientific gadgets, doodads, and data that scientists use to measure, study, and standardize our natural and manufactured world.
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Fidget cubes and spinners offer a recent example, doodads that offer mechanical intrigue that might, some users hope, distract them from the draw of the smartphone.
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Others have celebrated the tool as a salve for smartphone addiction—a doodad to keep the fingers busy so that they aren’t tempted to reach for that whimpering glass rectangle.
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Sephora, which is owned by the French luxury conglomerate LVMH and has more than 2,300 locations in 33 countries, offers digitally savvy customers enough technological doodads and computer displays to make a Silicon Valley engineer blush.
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Origin and Etymology of doodad
origin unknown
DOODAD Defined for English Language Learners
doodad
playDefinition of doodad for English Language Learners
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: a usually small object that is used as a decoration
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: a small useful device
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