Nearby Words

doohickeys

[doo-hik-ee] Origin

doo·hick·ey

[doo-hik-ee]
noun, plural -eys. Informal.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; doo(dad) + hickey
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Doohickeys is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Word Origin & History

doohickey
a name for something one doesn't know the name of, 1914, Amer.Eng., arbitrary formation.
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Slang Dictionary

doojigger definition

[ˈdudʒɪgɚ] and [ˈduhɪki]
and doohickey; doohickie
  1. n.
    a name for a gadget. : Toss me that little red doohickey, will you?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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