Definition of "doodad" [doodad]

• Informal An unnamed or nameless gadget or trinket. (noun)

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• "Disney's latest release is just an entertainment, an animated doodad in the grand scheme of things."
• "She had a safe, of course, and compartments in a cabinet for her lesser jewelry, with each ring or doodad having its own discrete cubby."
• "These simple, inexpensive wonders aren't made of the latest super steel, they aren't a quarter-inch thick and there's nary a tactical, special ops-inspired doodad on them anywhere."