Meanings
pronoun
- Various unspecified things.
"What have you been doing lately?" — "Oh, you know, this and that."
1 more example
It’s amusing to learn from publicists and Meghan herself that the duchess’s artisan this-and-thats will be available in the Netflix brick-and-mortar stores opening this year.
2025 April 3, Marina Hyde, “It’s With Love, Meghan – not just a TV show but a landmark piece of art. And not in a good way”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Chinese Cantonese 呢樣嗰樣 /呢样嗰样, 呢样𠮶样
- 呢樣嗰樣 /呢样嗰样things
- 呢样𠮶样 (ni¹ joeng⁶ go² joeng⁶; nei¹ joeng⁶ go² joeng⁶)things
Dutch dit en dat, ditjes en datjes
- dit en datthings
- ditjes en datjesthings
Esperanto tio kaj alio
- tio kaj aliothings
Finnish se ja tämä, vaikka mitä
- se ja tämäthings
- vaikka mitäthings
French ceci et cela
- ceci et celathings
German dies und das
- dies und dasthings
Hungarian ezt is, azt is
- ezt is, azt isthings
Norwegian ditt og datt
- ditt og dattthings
Polish to i owo
- to i owothings
Russian то да сё, то́-то и то́-то
- то да сё (to da sjo)things
- то́-то и то́-то (tó-to i tó-to)things
- вся́кая вся́чина (vsjákaja vsjáčina)things
Swedish ditt och datt, ditten och datten
- ditt och dattthings
- ditten och dattenthings
- dittan och dattanthings
Vietnamese này nọ
- này nọthings
Welsh hyn a'r llall
- hyn a'r llallthings
Cite this entry
APA
this and that. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/this%20and%20that
MLA
“this and that.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/this%20and%20that. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “this and that,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/this%20and%20that.
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