whatchamacallits

A form of whatchamacallit — A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of whatchamacallit
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APA

whatchamacallits. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatchamacallits

MLA

“whatchamacallits.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatchamacallits. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whatchamacallits,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatchamacallits.

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