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Meanings of whatchamacallit in English

Portuguese
troço
Catalan
endergues
Spanish
chisme

Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.

troço
Usage of whatchamacallit in English
1
They never take the trouble to use the whatchamacallit, the deadbolt.
Burglars can't be choosers
2
Oh, never mind, let's get that whatchamacallit set up first.
The fifth servant
3
You know, the one for the spazzy kids with whatchamacallit?
Carrion comfort
4
I don't think Derek is a whatchamacallit Nazi, but he does hang around with skinheads.
A Winter Haunting
5
Tighter than a nun's whatchamacallit these days.
The last testament
6
She was a-a whatchamacallit, a submarine?
Those who save us
7
It's a four-ten shotgun like Dale's, only it's on a pistol whatchamacallit..." "Grip," said Kevin.
Summer of Night
8
Like the whatchamacallit the soldiers use.
Summer of Night
9
Only I didn't bring my whatchamacallit.
Hot six
10
Shoving or yanking or hoisting or whatever, to force the unstable whatchamacallit up against the wall each morning.
The last novel
11
And the doorman and the whatchamacallit-
The burglar who painted like mondrian
12
Is that the whatchamacallit .
Carrion comfort
13
You got a whatchamacallit.
Shutter Island
14
Plus Capri Sun, pudding pops, and Whatchamacallit bars.
Wired
15
As if on cue, Detective Kunzel came back into the studio with his mouth full of Whatchamacallit.
Death Mask
16
Mom said she understood why Florence Beatrice Price, Mary Lou Williams, and Margaret Whatchamacallit Bonds ended up writing religious music.
Black Deutschland
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Translations for whatchamacallit
Spanish
chisme
Whatchamacallit through the time