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whatchamacallit

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what·cha·ma·call·it  (hwch-m-kôlt, hwch-, wch-, wch-) also what·cha·ma·call·um (-m)
n.
Something whose name has been forgotten or is not known.

[Alteration of what you may call it.]
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Noun1.whatchamacallit - something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not knownwhatchamacallit - something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"
stuff - miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff"
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whatchamacallit
n (inf)Dingsbums nt (inf), → Dingsda nt (inf)


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