Meanings
pronoun
- idiomaticinformalAll kinds of things; expresses that further examples are unnecessary, often after a short list of items.
- What can you buy over the Internet? - You name it.
2 more examples
There were ducks, geese, swans, you name it on the lake.
By Monday afternoon we were finished - loadwise, physically, mentally, you name it, we'd had a gutful of it.
2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 114
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Finnish vaikka mitä, vaikka missä
- vaikka mitäyou name it
- vaikka missäyou name it
- vaikka minneyou name it
French et ainsi de suite, et cetera
- et ainsi de suiteyou name it
- et ceterayou name it
- et cétérayou name it
German such es dir aus, such dir was aus
- such es dir ausyou name it
- such dir was ausyou name it
- was auch immeryou name it
Polish mówisz i masz
- mówisz i maszyou name it
Spanish etcétera, todo lo demás
- etcéterayou name it
- todo lo demásyou name it
- lo que se te ocurrayou name it
Swedish you name it
- you name ityou name it
Cite this entry
APA
you name it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20name%20it
MLA
“you name it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20name%20it. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “you name it,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20name%20it.
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