doohickey

noun

doo·​hick·​ey ˈdü-ˌhi-kē 

plural doohickeys also doohickies

: doodad sense 2

Synonyms of doohickey

• thingamajig
• thingamabob
• whatsit
• whatnot
• dingus
• whatchamacallit
• hickey
• doodad

Examples of doohickey in a Sentence

screw in the doohickey at the top of the lamp shade

Recent Examples on the Web

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. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 May 2026

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. — Hannah Jocelyn, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026

That is the fateful question seemingly posed by this new Pixar installment, which picks up on the familiar parenting conundrum about screentime as Woody, Buzz and the gang encounter a new doohickey in the playroom – a tablet. — Dan Heching, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026

But where barrel jeans play with proportions and cuts, these pants are more about doohickeys and thingamabobs, straps, flaps, and pulleys. — Sam Reed, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

probably from doodad + hickey

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for doohickey

• colicky
• dickie
• dicky
• hickey
• micky
• nicky
• picky
• quickie
• rickey
• sticky
• tricky