Whatsit
noun, Informal.
1.
whatsis.
noun
1.
(informal) a person or thing the name of which is unknown, temporarily forgotten, or deliberately overlooked
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- Whatsoever
pronoun, adjective 1. (an intensive form of whatever): whatsoever it be; in any place whatsoever. adjective 1. (postpositive) at all: used as an intensifier with indefinite pronouns and determiners such as none, any, no one, anybody, etc pronoun 2. an archaic word for whatever
- What-soever
pronoun, adjective 1. (an intensive form of whatever): whatsoever it be; in any place whatsoever. adjective 1. (postpositive) at all: used as an intensifier with indefinite pronouns and determiners such as none, any, no one, anybody, etc pronoun 2. an archaic word for whatever
- What the sam hill
what the doctor ordered
- What with
Taking into consideration, because of, as in What with all you have to carry, we should take a taxi. This usage replaced the earlier what for. [ c. 1600 ]
- What-you-may-call-it
[hwuhch-uh-muh-kawl-it, hwoch-, wuhch-, woch-] /ˈʰwʌtʃ ə məˌkɔl ɪt, ˈʰwɒtʃ-, ˈwʌtʃ-, ˈwɒtʃ-/ noun 1. whachamacallit. whachamacallit or whatchamacallit, what-you-may-call-it, what-do-you-call-it [hwuhch-uh-muh-kawl-it, hwoch-, wuhch-, woch-] /ˈʰwʌtʃ ə məˌkɔl ɪt, ˈʰwɒtʃ-, ˈwʌtʃ-, ˈwɒtʃ-/ noun, Informal. 1. an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall. what the hell waffle-iron