doodad
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8.7
- noun
- /ˈduːˌdæd/
- Informal
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cachivache
- We'll tote your doodads over to Fort Pitt.
- little doodad
- other doodads
- doodads or gadgets
They've got this little doodad on on one, one side of it, a little computer thing.
- They've got this little doodad on on one, one side of it, a little computer thing.
- He wanted to pare it down and strip it down to something that was really about clothes, really wearable, none of this extra doodads and add-ons.
- I'm Theo Von and it is, well, it doesn't really matter what date it is because this is just a, this is just a little holiday doodad.
- You have small deal, you have big deal, you have doodads, and you have the market.
- You get all the everything to make all the doodads.
- The fancy cars, the money, good looking Broads, all the fucking doodads they see in movies, Goodfellas, Godfather.
Examples
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Ooh, what's this little doodad do?
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On Christmas morning, Nelson had found this same unidentifiable doodad, now elaborately wrapped inside a velvet jewel box in the bottom of his Christmas stocking.
Fiction book (1995) -
I got a silver doodad from Africa.
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Who would throw away such a cute little doodad? -
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"What are you going to do with your old doodads?" I asked her.
Fiction book (1990) -
These are just the doodads.
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Then we can sit down on the floor and go through these doodads.
Fiction book (1990) -
P126 walked through my mother's house, picking up doodads, trying to remember each figurine and framed photograph.
Fiction book (1990) -
One held school supplies, the other contained stereo equipment—wires, wire cutters, leads, heads, and an assemblage of doodads that Decker couldn't identify.
Fiction book (1995) -
I found an interesting little doodad while cleaning the garage.
Synonyms
75
8.4
An informal word for an object when you forget its name
59
5.1
A small useful thing or tool for a particular job
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7.1
A small device or tool whose name you do not know
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9.9
A small object whose name you do not know
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9.6
An informal word for an object or person whose name you cannot remember
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9.9
A word for an object whose name you do not know
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9.2
A simple word for an object you cannot remember the name of
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5.6
A small object whose name you cannot remember
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9.9
A word people use for a person or object when they forget its name
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9.6
A thing whose name you do not know or remember
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8.9
A small object whose name you do not know
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9.9
A thing whose name you cannot remember
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9.9
A small tool or object you forget the name of
A small device you do not know the name of
A small object whose name you do not know
An object whose name you do not know or have forgotten
An object whose name you don't know or have forgotten
A word used for an object when you forget its name
A word for a person or thing whose name you cannot remember
A small object used when you do not know its name
Small things you do not know the name of or need
A word for something whose name you cannot remember
An odd gadget that seems useless and hard to understand
How Complex
Surface Forms
Etymology
Doodad is a playful name made by repeating a silly sound (doo), like the familiar word doohickey or 'thingamajig'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a small object whose real name you cannot think of, because doodad sounds like a quick, casual name for 'some small thing'.