doodad

[doo-dad] /ˈduˌdæd/
noun, Informal.
1.
a decorative embellishment; trinket; bauble:
a dress covered with doodads.
2.
a gadget; device:
a kitchen full of the latest doodads.
Also, do-dad.
Origin
1900-05; gradational compound based on dial. dad piece, flake
British Dictionary definitions for doodad

doodah

/ˈduːdɑː/
noun (informal)
1.
an unnamed thing, esp an object the name of which is unknown or forgotten
2.
all of a doodah, excited; agitated
Word Origin
C20: of uncertain origin
Word Origin and History for doodad
n.

"unnamed thing," 1905, chiefly U.S., a made-up word (cf. doohickey).

Slang definitions & phrases for doodad

doodad

noun
  1. (Variations: do-dad or do-funny or doofunny or do-hickey or doohickey or do-hinky or doohinky or do-jigger or doojigger or doowhangam or do-whistle or doowhistle or do-willie or doowillie) Any unspecified or unspecifiable thing; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name; gadget, thingamajig: We may have turned into what looks like a nation of doohickeys/ Imagination and art aren't worth those little doowhangams you put under a sofa leg
  2. Something useless or merely ornamental: There was not one photograph, not a doodad, not a toy, not a cup, of my own (1905+)