Doodah

Doodah

Doo Dah, Doo Dahs, Doodah or Doodahs can refer to:


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  • doodah — excitement, 1915, from refrain of the minstrel song Camptown Races …   Etymology dictionary

  • doodah — UK [ˈduːdɑː] / US [ˈduˌdɑ] noun [countable] Word forms doodah : singular doodah plural doodahs British informal used for referring to something that you cannot remember the name of …   English dictionary

  • doodah — doo|dah [ˈdu:da:] n BrE doo|dad [ˈdu:dæd] AmE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Probably from the meaningless word dooda in the song Camptown Races] a small object whose name you have forgotten or do not know ▪ Where s the doodah to turn off the …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • doodah — [[t]du͟ːdɑː[/t]] doodahs N COUNT You can refer to something, especially an electronic device, as a doodah when you do not know exactly what is called. [BRIT, INFORMAL] The car has all the latest electronic doodahs …   English dictionary

  • doodah — [ du:dα:] (N. Amer. doodad du:dad) noun informal an object that the speaker cannot name precisely. Phrases all of a doodah very agitated. Origin early 20th cent.: perh. from the refrain of the song Camptown Races …   English new terms dictionary

  • doodah — BrE doodad AmE noun (C) informal a small object whose name you have forgotten or do not know: Where s the control doodah for the TV? …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • doodah — n. 1 a fancy article; a trivial ornament. 2 a gadget or thingummy . Phrases and idioms: all of a doodah excited, dithering. Etymology: from the refrain of the song Camptown Races …   Useful english dictionary

  • doodah — noun A thing; especially an unspecified gadget, device, or part …   Wiktionary

  • doodah — doo|dah [ duda ] noun BRITISH a DOODAD …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • doodah — n an unspecified thing, gadget, thin gummy. The British and Australian form of the American doodad …   Contemporary slang

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