doodad

1. (originally US) Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.Examples: "My mom has a clever doodad for peeling oranges."; "Of course I eat an apple every evening—an apple a day keeps the doctor away—but still, you ought to have more prunes, and not all these fancy doodads."; "The room was too big, the ceiling was too high, the doors were too tall, and the white carpet that went from wall to wall looked like a fresh fall of snow at Lake Arrowhead. There were full-length mirrors and crystal doodads all over the place."Synonyms: doodah, Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, hickey, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie