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what·sit

 (wŏt′sĭt, wŭt′-, hwŏt′-, hwŭt′-) or what·sis (-sĭs)
n. Informal
Something whose name is unknown or forgotten.
[From What's it (called)?]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

whatsit

(ˈwɒtsɪt) ,

whatsitsname

or

whatchamacallit

n
informal a thing the name of which is unknown, temporarily forgotten, or deliberately overlooked
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whatsit

noun thingummy, whatever it is (informal), whatchamacallit (informal), what's-its-name, thingummyjig (informal), oojamaflip (informal), thing `She's a whatsit.' `A masochist?' `That's the word.'
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Translations

whatsit

[ˈwɒtsɪt] N → chisme m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

whatsit

n (inf) → Dingsbums nt (inf), → Dingsda nt (inf), → Dingens nt (dial inf)
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