whatsit

Example Sentences

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A cosmic whatsit, the story largely takes place in a black-velvet void with pinpricks of light.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2019

“The sight of these empty dams have scared the whatsit out of everybody.”

From The Verge • May 11, 2018

Besson’s latest futuristic whatsit, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” seems determined to induce the opposite effect in the viewer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2017

In my 2007 Prius, I'm afraid to change the oil lest I confuse the whosit that controls the whatsit and makes the dealybob do whatnot.

From Economist • Aug. 8, 2013

The head-shaped whatsit floated on the surface of a large puddle of uncertain depth, which no doubt had been left by the strong rains of the previous night.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood