Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something, especially a small device or part, whose name is unknown or forgotten.
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- noun A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall); especially an
unspecified gadget ,device , orpart .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
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Examples
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She had a safe, of course, and compartments in a cabinet for her lesser jewelry, with each ring or doodad having its own discrete cubby.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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Whether you have a gizmo attached to your ear while you're driving, or a doodad that scrambles an egg inside its shell, or a thingamajig that plots your trajectory on a digital map, gadgets are more and more a part of our lives.
Boing Boing 2009
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When you pull out the lever at the top of the bag to haul the bag, this doodad has a really cool feature to double as a camera or flash tripod.
Review: The ultimate luxury item for a digital photographer: a $359 camera bag 2010
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So, since I just reserved a copy of Dead Until Dark at my local library, I figure I may as well sign up for this little doodad.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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These simple, inexpensive wonders aren't made of the latest super steel, they aren't a quarter-inch thick and there's nary a tactical, special ops-inspired doodad on them anywhere.
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You can google it ( 'cus remember what I said about link and edit doodad up there?) ...
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She had a safe, of course, and compartments in a cabinet for her lesser jewelry, with each ring or doodad having its own discrete cubby.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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Disney's latest release is just an entertainment, an animated doodad in the grand scheme of things.
'Gnomeo': A Bard's Garden of Delights Joe Morgenstern 2011
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These simple, inexpensive wonders aren't made of the latest super steel, they aren't a quarter-inch thick and there's nary a tactical, special ops-inspired doodad on them anywhere.
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So, since I just reserved a copy of Dead Until Dark at my local library, I figure I may as well sign up for this little doodad.
selliebee commented on the word doodad
best spoken a la Dorothy Parker
July 18, 2007
vanishedone commented on the word doodad
N.A.S.A.: 'When observing the great globular cluster NGC 4372, observers frequently take note of a strange dark streak nearly three degrees in length running near it. Unnamed, the streak, actually a long molecular cloud, has become known as the Dark Doodad Nebula. (Doodad is slang for a thingy or a whatchamacallit.)'
December 9, 2008