1
: an ornamental attachment or decoration
2
: an often small article whose common name is unknown or forgotten : gadget
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Examples of doodad in a Sentence
where does this little doodad go?
has a habit of buying gadgets and doodads sold on television shopping channels
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Take a stroll through Condé Nast’s halls, where staffers draw inspiration from the spring/summer 2025 collections and replace boughs of holly with knickknacks and doodads dangling from their everyday bags.
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Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
And that time limit only grew tighter when so much screentime was taken up by nostalgia: revisiting old worlds, reintroducing old creatures, and wielding old doodads.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Next door, The Pantry offers every doodad parents might need: washing machines, tumble dryers, and bottle sterilizers to use around the clock, plus a range of family amenities — baby bathtubs, rockers, and prams — on loan for the duration of your stay.
—Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
Max Martin and Shellback pack the track with all sorts of amusing audio doodads, and while the melody is a little too horizontal, the hook is undeniable.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
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Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
And that time limit only grew tighter when so much screentime was taken up by nostalgia: revisiting old worlds, reintroducing old creatures, and wielding old doodads.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Next door, The Pantry offers every doodad parents might need: washing machines, tumble dryers, and bottle sterilizers to use around the clock, plus a range of family amenities — baby bathtubs, rockers, and prams — on loan for the duration of your stay.
—Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
Max Martin and Shellback pack the track with all sorts of amusing audio doodads, and while the melody is a little too horizontal, the hook is undeniable.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
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“Doodad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doodad. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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