Doohickey — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈeɪtθs/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈuːhɪki/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈuːhɪki/

3 syllables Say it as /ˈeɪtθs/.

Examples

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

doojigger gizmo thingmajig thingumabob whatsis thingamabob doodad gimmick gubbins thingmabob whatchamacallum widget gismo thingamajig thingumajig thingummy whatchamacallit

Parts of Speech

noun	something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known “she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket”

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

artilugio

algo no especificado cuyo nombre se olvida o se desconoce

🇷🇺Russian

фигня

что-то неопределенное, имя которого либо забыто, либо неизвестно

India

🇮🇳Hindi

यंत्र

कुछ अनिर्दिष्ट जिसका नाम या तो भूल गया है या ज्ञात नहीं है

🇧🇩Bengali

ডুহিকি

অনির্দিষ্ট কিছু যার নাম হয় ভুলে গেছে বা জানা যায়নি

🇮🇳Tamil

டூஹிக்கி

குறிப்பிடப்படாத ஒன்று, அதன் பெயர் மறந்துவிட்டது அல்லது தெரியவில்லை

🇮🇳Telugu

దూహికీ

ఏదో పేర్కొనబడనిది, దీని పేరు మర్చిపోయి లేదా తెలియదు

🇮🇳Marathi

डोहिकी

काहीतरी अनिर्दिष्ट आहे ज्याचे नाव एकतर विसरले आहे किंवा माहित नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

ડૂહિકી

કંઈક અસ્પષ્ટ છે જેનું નામ કાં તો ભૂલી ગયું છે અથવા જાણીતું નથી

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഡൂഹിക്കി

പേര് മറന്നുപോയതോ അറിയാത്തതോ ആയ വ്യക്തമാക്കാത്ത ഒന്ന്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਡੂਹਿਕੀ

ਕੁਝ ਅਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਜਿਸਦਾ ਨਾਮ ਜਾਂ ਤਾਂ ਭੁੱਲ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ ਜਾਂ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਨਹੀਂ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ڈوہکی

کچھ غیر متعینہ جس کا نام یا تو بھول گیا ہے یا معلوم نہیں ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

窍门

未指定的事物，其名称要么被遗忘，要么不为人所知

🇯🇵Japanese

ドゥーヒッキー

名前が忘れられているか知られていない不特定のもの

🇰🇷Korean

뭐라고 하는 것

이름이 잊혀졌거나 알려지지 않은 불특정 것

🇹🇭Thai

ดูฮิกกี้

สิ่งที่ไม่ระบุชื่อซึ่งถูกลืมหรือไม่ทราบชื่อ

🇮🇩Indonesian

alat kecil

sesuatu yang tidak ditentukan yang namanya dilupakan atau tidak diketahui

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

com.doohickey

شيء غير محدد اسمه إما منسي أو غير معروف

🇮🇷Persian

دوهکی

چیزی نامشخص که نامش یا فراموش شده یا معلوم نیست

🇹🇷Turkish

aptal

adı unutulan veya bilinmeyen, belirsiz bir şey

🇮🇱Hebrew

דוהיקי

משהו לא מוגדר ששמו נשכח או לא ידוע

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