"whosit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhuːz.ɪt/ [General-American] Audio: en-US whosit.ogg [US] Forms: whosits [plural]
Etymology: From who's it? Etymology templates: {{m|en|who's}} who's, {{m|en|it}} it Head templates: {{en-noun}} whosit (plural whosits)
  1. (colloquial) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall or is embarrassed to say) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-whosit-en-noun-gxYQjdGA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 52
  2. (colloquial) A specific person (used in a vague way to refer to someone whose name one cannot recall) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-whosit-en-noun-Bsu~FLwT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whoozit

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Alternative forms

Download JSON data for whosit meaning in English (2.3kB)

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