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noun
- 1. a person or thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify: informal British "Let's say two o'clock on the whatsit of May?"
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WHATSIT definition: 1. any object or person whose name you have temporarily forgotten or do not know: 2. any object or…. Learn more.
Examples of whatsit in a Sentence. there's always one random whatsit left over every time I put a bookcase together. Recent Examples on the Web Back then, the song was a fast, visionary whatsit, all pulsing, pipe-like synths and simple, buzzing one-bit melodies.
You use whatsit instead of a noun or name which you cannot remember or which you do not want to say because it is rude.
noun. /ˈwɒtsɪt/ /ˈwʌtsɪt/ (especially British English, informal) used when you cannot think of the word or name you want, or do not want to use a particular word. I've got to make a whatsit for the party. That's it—a flan. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
Whatsit is a very informal word for an object whose name you don’t know, have forgotten, or can’t recall at the moment. It’s often used to refer to gadgets or parts of things that might not even have a commonly known name, as in Before we attach the bracket, we have to insert this whatsit here.
whatsit. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English whats‧it /ˈwɒtsɪt $ ˈwɑːts-, ˈwʌts-/ noun [ countable] spoken a word you use when you cannot think of the word you want Try and undo the screw to get the whatsit off.
noun. Something whose name is unknown or forgotten. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Other Word Forms of Whatsit. Noun. Singular: whatsit. Plural: whatsits. Origin of Whatsit. From What's it (called)? From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. wotsit. doobry. dojigger. Advertisement. Find Similar Words.
