Meanings
plural whatsitsnames · alternative what's-its-name · alternative wossname
- Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind.
Hey, hand me the whatitsname, will you? I need to tighten the doodah on this thingummybob.
1 more example
Don’t forget to feed whatsitsname.
1971 May, Elenor Grozney, “Letters”, in National Lampoon, volume 1, number 14, New York, N.Y.: National Lampoon, Inc., page 6, column 3Synonyms: whatsit, Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, hickey, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek σκινδαψός
- σκινδαψός (skindapsós)any object whose name one does not know
Polish wihajster
- wihajsterany object whose name one does not know
Cite this entry
whatsitsname. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatsitsname
“whatsitsname.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatsitsname. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whatsitsname,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatsitsname.
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