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doohickey in Chinese

doohickey in Chinese is 鐵路列車 — doohickey means (informal) A thing whose exact name you don't know or can't remember.

doohickey in Chinese

鐵路列車
noun
Pronounced: tiě lù liè chē
(slang, originally, US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)

What does "doohickey" mean?

  1. noun (informal) A thing whose exact name you don't know or can't remember.
    "Customers will ask for "gizmos" and "what-cha-ma-call-its" and "doohickeys," and make crude drawings on paper bags of what it is they think they need."
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doohickey in a sentence

  • Customers will ask for "gizmos" and "what-cha-ma-call-its" and "doohickeys," and make crude drawings on paper bags of what it is they think they need.
  • What does this doohickey do?

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What is "doohickey" in Chinese?
"doohickey" in Chinese is 鐵路列車. doohickey means: (informal) A thing whose exact name you don't know or can't remember.
How do you pronounce 鐵路列車?
"doohickey" in Chinese is 鐵路列車, pronounced "tiě lù liè chē".
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