what-do-you-call-it

noun

variants or what-do-you-call-them or less commonly what-do-you-call-her or what-do-you-call-him

ˈ(h)wä|tə⸗ˌ⸗⸗,

-wə-,

-wȯ-,

|tdə-

plural -s

: a thing or person that the speaker cannot (as from not knowing or from forgetting) or does not wish to name

hand me one of those little what-do-you-call-thems

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