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Meaning of whatsis

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  whatsis
      n 1: 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" [syn: {doodad},
           {doohickey}, {doojigger}, {gimmick}, {gizmo}, {gismo},
           {gubbins}, {thingamabob}, {thingumabob}, {thingmabob},
           {thingamajig}, {thingumajig}, {thingmajig}, {thingummy},
           {whatchamacallit}, {whatchamacallum}, {whatsis}, {widget}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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