doodad
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8.7
- noun
- /ˈduːˌdæd/
- Informal
- We'll tote your doodads over to Fort Pitt.
- little doodad
- other doodads
- doodads or gadgets
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Watch on YouTubeThey'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
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8.4
An informal word for an object when you forget its name
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7.1
A small device or tool whose name you do not know
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5.1
A small useful thing or tool for a particular job
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9.2
A simple word for an object you cannot remember the name of
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9.9
A small object whose name you do not know
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9.9
A word for an object whose name you do not know
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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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5.6
A small object whose name you cannot remember
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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 small tool or object you forget the name of
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9.9
A small object whose name you do not know
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9.9
An odd gadget that seems useless and hard to understand
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9.9
A word for a person or thing whose name you cannot remember
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9.9
A thing whose name you cannot remember
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9.9
A word for something whose name you cannot remember
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8.5
A small device you do not know the name of
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8.9
A small object whose name you do not know
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9.9
Small things you do not know the name of or need
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 small object used when you do not know its name
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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'.