doohickey

Example Sentences

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The AI-powered doohickey self-immolates upon coming across my first use of Spanglish.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2024

For the hard-to-reach places — the flower beds and under the azaleas — he has a little handheld doohickey, like a garden center jack-in-box.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2022

And that name, in turn, inspired the name of the spinoff doohickey that engineers loved to ride down the halls of DEKA.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2021

Even if it’s a doohickey without any particular monetary value.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2021

To activate widget A, insert doohickey B into slot C. Looking for a dangler?

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner