noun
- a small object or device whose name one does not know or cannot remember
Usage: informal
Examples
- I need that little doohickey that opens bottles.
- Where did you put the doohickey for adjusting the chair height?
- This doohickey is supposed to make cooking easier.
- Can you hand me that red doohickey on the counter?
- The instruction manual mentions some doohickey I can’t find.
- My grandfather always called any small tool a doohickey.