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{
"etymology_text": "First attested 1914, of uncertain origin, probably from doodad + hickey.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "doohickeys",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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},
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{
"text": "What does this doohickey do?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)"
],
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"(slang, originally US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)"
],
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{
"word": "thingy"
},
{
"word": "dohickey"
},
{
"word": "do-hickey"
},
{
"word": "doo-hickey"
},
{
"word": "do-hinky"
},
{
"word": "doohinky"
}
],
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dinges"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "umo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "vehje"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "vekotin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "hilavitkutin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "truc"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "machin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "Dingsbums"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "Dingsda"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "coso"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "mea"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wihajster"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "coisa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "negócio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "troço"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "treco"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štukóvina",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "штуко́вина"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stvarčica"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "grunka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "mackapär"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "manick"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "mojäng"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "pryl"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "sak"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "ting"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "tingest"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "samting"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈduhɪki/",
"tags": [
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]
},
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"tags": [
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}
],
"word": "doohickey"
}
{
"etymology_text": "First attested 1914, of uncertain origin, probably from doodad + hickey.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "doohickeys",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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"English 3-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
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"English lemmas",
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"English placeholder terms",
"English slang",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "What does this doohickey do?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, originally US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "thingy"
}
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈduhɪki/",
"tags": [
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},
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"tags": [
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dohickey"
},
{
"word": "do-hickey"
},
{
"word": "doo-hickey"
},
{
"word": "do-hinky"
},
{
"word": "doohinky"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dinges"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "umo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "vehje"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "vekotin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "hilavitkutin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "truc"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "machin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "Dingsbums"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "Dingsda"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "coso"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "mea"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wihajster"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "coisa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "negócio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "troço"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "treco"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štukóvina",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "штуко́вина"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a thing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stvarčica"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "grunka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "mackapär"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "manick"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "mojäng"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "pryl"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "sak"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "ting"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "tingest"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "a thing",
"word": "samting"
}
],
"word": "doohickey"
}
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