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Definition: Whatchamacallit |
WhatchamacallitNoun1. Miscellaneous unspecified artifacts; "the trunk was full of stuff". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: WhatchamacallitSynonyms: stuff (n), sundries (n), sundry (n), whatsis (n). (additional references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Whatchamacallit" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Whatchamacallit" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
whatchamacallit | 34 |
dress whatchamacallit | 4 |
whatchamacallit candy bar | 3 |
fashions whatchamacallit | 3 |
store whatchamacallit | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "whatchamacallit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Dutch | dinges (thingamajig). (various references) | ||||
Esperanto | umo (thingamajig), umaĵo (thingamajig). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | atchamacallitwhay | ||||
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Words beginning with "whatchamacallit": whatchamacallits. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-a-c-c-h-h-i-l-l-m-t-t-w" | |
+1 letter: whatchamacallits. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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| Amazon.com BOOKS: Search for: "whatchamacallit" |
