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whatsit

Meaning of "whatsit" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF WHATSIT

ˈwɒtsɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHATSIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whatsit is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WHATSIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of whatsit in the English dictionary

The definition of whatsit in the dictionary is a person or thing the name of which is unknown, temporarily forgotten, or deliberately overlooked.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHATSIT

basset · corset · deficit · Dorset · doucet · elicit · explicit · facet · faucet · Fawcett · gusset · illicit · implicit · lancet · sit · solicit · Somerset · tacit · transit · tzitzit

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHATSIT

what´s your poison? · what´s yours? · what´s-her-name · what´s-his-name · what´s-its-name · whata · whataboutery · whatabouts · whatchamacallit · whate´er · whaten · whatever · whatevs · whatness · whatnot · whatsitsname · whatso · whatsoe´er · whatsoever · whatsomever

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHATSIT

absit · bank deposit · besit · courtesy visit · deposit · flying visit · follow-up visit · goods in transit · home visit · in transit · isit · mass transit · outsit · posit · rapid transit · revisit · safe-deposit · safety-deposit · state visit · visit

Synonyms and antonyms of whatsit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WHATSIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «whatsit» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «whatsit» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF WHATSIT

Find out the translation of whatsit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of whatsit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whatsit» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

whatsit
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

whatsIt
570 millions of speakers
en

English

whatsit
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

whatsit
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

whatsit
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

whatsit
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

WhatsIt
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

এটা কি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

WhatsIt
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Whatsit
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Dingsda
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

whatsit
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

뭐더라
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Apa?
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

whatsit
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

என்ன இது
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

हे काय आहे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

nedir bu
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

whatsit
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

whatsit
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

whatsit
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

whatsit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

whatsit
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wat´s
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

whatsit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

whatsit
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whatsit

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHATSIT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of whatsit
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «whatsit».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whatsit

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHATSIT»

Discover the use of whatsit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whatsit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Christmas with Rita and Whatsit
Rita and Whatsit have a lot to do to get ready for Christmas, including writing to Santa, decorating the tree, and making a snack for Santa and his reindeer.
Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod, 2007
2
Rita and Whatsit's New Friend
Charming, spare artwork, full of detail andwit, and delightful dialogues between the two friends. Rita has a friend, Bob, round for tea. She is very excited and has planned lots of fun things to do in the garden with him.
‎2008
3
Rita and Whatsit!
It's her birthday but Rita is sulking. Until, that is, one of her parcels starts leaping about.
Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod, 2007
4
Rita and Whatsit at the Beach
Rita and Whatsit are spending the day at the beach, one doing girly things and the other doing doggy things. But when Rita's sandcastle is threatened her dog takes a turn for the worse.
Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod, 2007
5
Rita and Whatsit at School
It's a long day at school and Rita misses Whatsit, so she takes him with her. Rita has a busy day and all the time Whatsit is a very quiet, good dog. Isn't he?
Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod, 2007
6
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school).
Madeleine L'Engle, 2010
7
Rita and Whatsit Go on a Picnic
Rita is very excited - she is going to the countryside with her friend Whatsit for a picnic. What will they eat? Will they play cowboys and indians? Will the weather be good? And will they remember to take everyone home again?
Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod, 2008
8
Raising Consumers: Children and the American Mass Market in ...
fever had swept their staff, too, the Whatsit editors pondered the best cures for laziness: "Will spanking help? If so, what kind? Or cold showers? Or castor oil? Or chocolate sodas?" This quandary prompted yet another contest in which the ...
Lisa Jacobson, 2013
9
Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 5: More Storybooks A the Whatsit
The teaching notes for the Oxford Reading Tree Biff, Chip and Kipper books are full of practical suggestions for using the storybooks, saving you hours of preparation time.
Roderick Hunt, 2008
10
WhatsIt Like to Be A Pilot
This series provides fun and accessible careers information for young people choosing what to study post-14. brbrEach title offers a behind-the-scenes tour of a high-interest job typically entered through a vocational route.
Elizabeth Dowen, Lisa Thompson, 2009

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHATSIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whatsit is used in the context of the following news items.
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J.Lo's jibe re Affleck's whatsit drives wifey Jen Garner NUTS!
JENNIFER GARNER steamed over hubby BEN AFFLECK's chummy chats with ex-fiancée JENNIFER LOPEZ – convinced that hubby's ongoing “Bennifer” ... «The National Enquirer, Apr 15»
2
So, how about that national broadband whatsit?
MANY Australians know next to nothing about the national broadband network - the most ambitious and expensive infrastructure project in the nation's history. «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 13»
3
Acer Iconia W700 review: A mixed bag of Windows 8 whatsit
Not quite a tablet, a desktop, a notebook, or a convertible, the Acer Iconia W700 occupies a strange netherworld among all of those form factors. It's a bold ... «InfoWorld, Dec 12»
4
Nihilism and the Great Whatsit: Richard Hell at Cinema Club …
Last night's Cinema Club felt like mainlining MDMA while hooded in a black box at Guantanamo: two thrilling, beautiful movies whose characters were, for the ... «Austin Chronicle, May 12»
REFERENCE
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