Whatchamacallit

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈwÉ’tʃ.É™.mÉ™.kɔːl.ɪt/
• US IPA: /ˈwÊŒtʃ.É™.mÉ™.kÉ‘l.ɪt/ or IPA: /ˈwÊŒtʃ.mÉ™.kÉ‘l.ɪt/

Origin

Shortened version of "what you may call it" or "what you might call it".

Full definition of whatchamacallit

Noun

1. a metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name you don’t know or can’t remember. There are many spellings and many synonyms.

Synonyms

• dohickey, doohickey
• doober
• doodad
• doover Australia
• doomaflatchy
• gizwiz
• thingamabob, thingumabob, thingummybob
• thingamajig
• thingo Australia
• thingummy
• whatchamahoozie
• whatnot
• whatsit