whatsitsname

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whatsitsname

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noun whatsitsnames · what's-its-name · 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.
Similar: whatsit, Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, hickey, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie, jigger, gismo, gubbins, thingamajig

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@misc{whatsitsname_2026,
  title = {whatsitsname},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whatsitsname},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}