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noun (n)

• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known(noun.artifact)

  Example:
  She eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket.
  

  Synonym:
  doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, wha
  

  source: wordnet30