doohickey

noun

doo·hick·ey | \ˈdü-ˌhi-kē

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plural doohickeys also doohickies

Definition of doohickey

: doodad sense 2

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screw in the doohickey at the top of the lamp shade

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So Gaymon got busy with a doohickey that looked like a miniature tennis racket, taking turns spritzing with a fine sheen of coconut oil and grinding its mesh into Robinson’s hair. — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, "In D.C., barbers give homeless men makeovers," 10 Mar. 2018 Bookshelves support a collection of tomes, bottles of glue, stacks of papers bound in string, bags and doohickeys, and other various and sundry bits and pieces. — Pelican Bomb, NOLA.com, "Been wondering about that mysterious cottage on the Algiers Point levee?," 23 Jan. 2018 Here is the new routine: Plug headphones into $9 doohickey into iPhone. — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, "Fine, I'll Get Wireless Headphones Because Dongles Are Terrible," 21 Sep. 2016 Unplug doohickey from phone and leave it on the desk. — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, "Fine, I'll Get Wireless Headphones Because Dongles Are Terrible," 21 Sep. 2016 In the original series, Dr. Bones McCoy would scan this — not to get too technical — doohickey that resembled a Polaroid SX-70 camera mated with one of those gizmos that spits out parking tickets and instantly diagnosed a patient’s ills. — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, "A ‘Star Trek’-inspired gizmo could win its inventors $9 million," 2 Apr. 2017 Levi’s claims to have the answer with its new Dockers Mobile Pants, which have special deep, wide pockets for electronic doohickeys. — Leander Kahney, WIRED, "Gadgets, Vests and Pants, Oh My!," 6 Sep. 2001

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The first known use of doohickey was in 1914

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doohickey

noun

English Language Learners Definition of doohickey

: an object or device whose name you do not know or have forgotten

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