or something

idiomatic phrase

informal

—used to suggest another name, choice, etc., that is not specified

The man wearing the badge must be a guard or something.

Can I get you a glass of wine or something?

… Art's yard was amazing. Like a park or something, with all kinds of flowers and plants—the kind you only see at the arboretum.

—Marilyn Reynolds

Examples of or something in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Would that be another episode, or another movie, or something like that. —Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025

What’s the biggest wild card at Vegas this week, whether a track quirk, a driver or something else? —Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025

So, there are different levels of types of activity, but some of the more common signs include, for example, a door that rattles and there's not a breeze or something causing it. —Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025

Just give him some stocks or something! —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined above