something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"
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doodad
How to use doodad in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for doodad.
Editorial note
It's not often they're sat in a room with a little electric shock doodad.
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Quick take
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for doodad.
noun
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"
See also: doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gizmo, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig, thingumajig
Example sentences
It's not often they're sat in a room with a little electric shock doodad.
Google ran a crazy flashy graphical doodad ad for nexus 7 on the Google home page.
There will not be crazy, flashy, graphical doodads flying and popping up all over the Google site.
More like Taipei, I think ... which also has vast electronic doodad markets.
... if I didn't know better I'd assume that headline was spat out by that Markov chain doodad from the other day.
The full quote would still be true even if it were a crazy, flashy, graphical doodad as long as it isn't flying around.
Once the customer service engineer replaced whatever doodad failed and brought the thing back up?
You are seeing it as a cheap doodad that will stimulate a brain area that, when stimulated, improves learning.
Just keep them funded and let them stay current on supporting the latest doodad, and it stays useful to the nefarious spy work as well.
Not every distributed software doodad should be used in any situation we can imagine.
Even if that happened, wouldn't you think Backblaze is less likely to be dismantled by a potential purchaser than some free social doodad?
" -Marissa MayerThat "banner" is not a "crazy, flashy, graphical doodad".
In a world where they have less of a monopoly a supplier could say, "Screw you... we're not going to move our manufacturing to China to save twenty five cents per doodad", but now suppliers largely do what Walmart says to do.
Hm, now I'm paranoid re the little "special teams" that article mentions that intercepts the mail package and plugs in whatever doodad the NSA has into the phone, and then sends it along to the customer...my new iPhone had a fingerprint smudge on the screen plastic protector packaging that I otherwise attributed to some overworked Foxconn employee but now I have half a mind it was some NSA agent after 1 too many pizzas....
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use doodad in a sentence?
It's not often they're sat in a room with a little electric shock doodad.
What does doodad mean?
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"
What part of speech is doodad?
doodad is commonly used as noun.