Definition of a doohickey

doohickey

noun

• see do-hickey.
  • See more words with the same meaning: unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'.

  Last edited on Oct 05 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 13 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'':
this and that	Definitions include: assorted things.
b*tch	Definitions include: An acronym has been invented for the term, but long after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons."
bad boy	Definitions include: generic term for a specific object; "thing".
shiznut	Definitions include: "shit".
baby	Definitions include: affectionate form of reference or address for one's significant other.
dental swag	Definitions include: swag received from a dentist's office.
thingamabob	Definitions include: replacement name for an object whose name one doesn't know or has forgotten.
whos its	Definitions include: an item whose name can't be recalled at the moment.
stuff	Definitions include: The male or female genitalia.
mug	Definitions include: to stare at a person in an aggressive way.
mufkin tass	Definitions include: an item. Synonymous with "thing" or "thingy."
jawn	Definitions include: an unspecified thing or person.
thang	Definitions include: "thing".
cheddar	Definitions include: money.
hot stuff	Definitions include: an attractive person.
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kark it	Definitions include: to die.
shove off	Definitions include: to leave.
jagoff	Definitions include: jerk, asshole, prick.
lav	Definitions include: lavatory.
governor	Definitions include: one's superior.
spring into action	Definitions include: to quickly start performing necessary activities.
slave over	Definitions include: to work hard on.
decent Rita	Definitions include: an attractive female.
touch and go	Definitions include: of an uncertain outcome.
boo hoo	Definitions include: onomatopoeia for the sound of a person crying.

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