# doodad

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈduːdæd/

## Definitions
1. Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.

## Etymology
Unknown; attested since the 1880s. Compare earlier daud (“a piece of something”), later doohickey (“a thing (whose name one cannot recall)”), dialectal dad, dadge (“a large piece, chunk”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/doodad