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- Dictionarywhatsit/ˈwɒtsɪt/
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 is an informal word for any object or person whose name you have temporarily forgotten or do not know. Learn how to use it in sentences and see translations in Chinese and other languages.
- English (US)
WHATSIT meaning: 1. any object or person whose name you have...
- Znaczenie Whatsit, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
whatsit definicja: 1. any object or person whose name you...
- Whatsit in Traditional Chinese
whatsit translate: 名叫某某的人，那個叫甚麼的東西（用於忘記名字時）. Learn more in...
- Translate to Mandarin Chinese
WHATSIT translate: 名叫某某的人，那个叫什么的东西（用于忘记名字时）. Learn more in...
- Cambridge English Dictionary에서의 의미
WHATSIT 의미, 정의, WHATSIT의 정의: 1. any object or person whose...
- English (US)
Whatsit is a contraction of what-is-it, meaning a thing or object of unknown or unspecified nature. See synonyms, examples, word history and related entries of whatsit.
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. [ spoken ] We wanted to be here early in case the whatsit, maintenance supervisor had forgotten.
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.
Define whatsit. whatsit synonyms, whatsit pronunciation, whatsit translation, English dictionary definition of whatsit. or what·sis n. Informal Something whose name is unknown or forgotten. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
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.
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.
