Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
object whose actual name one does not know or cannot remember.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word whatsis.
Examples
-
Then came the cool box lens thingy with recessed reflective surface lenticular whatsis.
Archive 2008-01-01 Zenmomma 2008
-
I've got to stop looking at the limp-whatsis-intestine cake; it's making me crave kielbasa.
-
My current favorites are “Atomic Elephant” and the creamsicle…whatsis.
-
Maybe he'd be better as the Black-haired guy in the Warriors Three, whatsis-face, "Hogun".
Marvel Announces Next Four Films - Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Avengers! « FirstShowing.net 2008
-
My favorite -- so far -- is probably that whirly-whatsis up near the top, with all the horns.
Rick Horowitz: Nobel Prize: Just What He's Always ... Wanted 2009
-
There was a great little film called The Lawnmower Man, a Steven King story where a simplistic sort of guy takes this new experimental whatsis and becomes not only the smartest guy in the universe but finally ends up as pure energy.
-
I thought that guy was Benny Hill, and that he invented the stretch-sideband-revolving-whatsis.
-
It is only 48 whatsis, so it works real slow, but it does work.
no internet 2006
-
We also found a blob where the brown specks had apparently collected into a few much larger spots, though we couldn't decide if this was due to growth natural to the whatsis, or to infection or damage.
Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral? Doctor Science 2008
-
We also found a blob where the brown specks had apparently collected into a few much larger spots, though we couldn't decide if this was due to growth natural to the whatsis, or to infection or damage.
Archive 2008-08-01 Doctor Science 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.