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dippedut — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • thingamabob noun A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
  • thingy noun An informal word for an object whose name the speaker can't recall or doesn't need to state.
  • whatchamacallit noun An informal word for an object whose name you can't remember or don't know.

Senses

dippedut is used for these senses in English:

  • thingamabob (slang) A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
  • thingy (informal) A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).
  • whatchamacallit (slang) A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.

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