doohickey

== English == === Alternative forms === dohickey, do-hickey, doo-hickey, do-hinky, doohinky === Etymology === First attested 1914, of uncertain origin, probably from doodad + hickey. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈduhɪki/ === Noun === doohickey (plural doohickeys) (slang, originally US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thingy ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “dohickey n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. placeholder name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia