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Definition of whatsit in English: whatsitnoun ˈwɒtsɪtˈ(h)wətsɪt British informal A person or thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify. 〈非正式〉某某人；某某玩意儿 Let's say two o'clock on the whatsit of May? “那我们就定在五月某一天的两点钟？” he's a right old interfering whatsit 他是个十足的爱管闲事的老家伙。 Example sentencesExamples - She wasn't good enough, quite frankly, but she was one of the active whatsits, there were other pressures behind her, and she caused an uproar.
- The lads have worked their whatsits off and I believe we will get better.
- Do we still need such a thing in the era of consumer sovereignty and multi-channel, digital, interactive whatsits?
- I think if I married you for your money, I'd spend your 30,000 whatsits that afternoon and then realize it was all a big mistake.
- And what of the recently ended World Cup football whatsit?
- Here are three whatsits from different parts of the country.
- I'm sure one of us must know someone important on that lottery whatsit?
- I struggled out, disturbing the lazy whatsits as little as possible, and yawned my way in the general direction of the unusual sounds.
Synonyms thing, so-and-so, whatever it is, whatever it is called informal whatnot, what-d'you-call-it, what's-its-name, whatchamacallit, thingummy, thingy, thingamabob, thingamajig, oojamaflip, oojah, gizmo British informal gubbins, doings, doodah, doobry North American informal doodad, doohickey, doojigger, dingus, hootenanny Australian/New Zealand informal thingo
Definition of whatsit in US English: whatsitnounˈ(h)wətsɪtˈ(h)wətsit British informal A person or thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify; whatchamacallit. 〈非正式〉某某人；某某玩意儿 Let's say two o'clock on the whatsit of May? “那我们就定在五月某一天的两点钟？” he's a right old interfering whatsit 他是个十足的爱管闲事的老家伙。 Example sentencesExamples - I'm sure one of us must know someone important on that lottery whatsit?
- She wasn't good enough, quite frankly, but she was one of the active whatsits, there were other pressures behind her, and she caused an uproar.
- Do we still need such a thing in the era of consumer sovereignty and multi-channel, digital, interactive whatsits?
- I struggled out, disturbing the lazy whatsits as little as possible, and yawned my way in the general direction of the unusual sounds.
- The lads have worked their whatsits off and I believe we will get better.
- I think if I married you for your money, I'd spend your 30,000 whatsits that afternoon and then realize it was all a big mistake.
- Here are three whatsits from different parts of the country.
- And what of the recently ended World Cup football whatsit?
Synonyms thing, so-and-so, whatever it is, whatever it is called
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