"whatsit" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From what is it.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whatsits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "whatsit (plural whatsits)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Pass me one of those whatsits, will you?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall, or that one is embarrassed to say)"
      ],
      "id": "en-whatsit-en-noun-UQk50nNy",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly UK, Ireland) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall, or that one is embarrassed to say)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "thingy"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatzit"
        },
        {
          "word": "wotsit"
        },
        {
          "word": "wossit"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "whatsit"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From what is it.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whatsits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "whatsit (plural whatsits)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English placeholder terms",
        "Irish English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Pass me one of those whatsits, will you?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall, or that one is embarrassed to say)"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly UK, Ireland) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall, or that one is embarrassed to say)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "thingy"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatzit"
    },
    {
      "word": "wotsit"
    },
    {
      "word": "wossit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whatsit"
}