what do you call it
31what-you-may-call-it — noun or what you may call them also what you may call her or what you may call him chəməˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷, chēm ( s) : what do you call it …
32what — 1 predeterminer, determiner, pronoun 1 used when asking questions about a thing or person, or a kind of thing or person that you do not know anything about: What are you doing? | What colour is the new carpet? | “What do you do?” “I m a teacher.” …
33WHAT — adj., pron., & adv. interrog.adj. 1 asking for a choice from an indefinite number or for a statement of amount, number, or kind (what books have you read?; what news have you?). 2 colloq. = WHICH interrog.adj. (what book have you chosen?). adj.… …
34what — pronoun & determiner 1》 asking for information specifying something. ↘[as pronoun] asking for repetition of something not heard or confirmation of something not understood. 2》 [as pronoun] the thing or things that. 3》 whatever. 4》 used to… …
35what — 1. Relative pronoun. Mea (Gram. 11.3). I don t know what he wants, a ole au i ike i kāna mea i makemake ai. 2. Exclamation. Keu ā, auwē, auē. What a nuisance! He keu ā ka ho oluhi! 3. Interrogative. Aha (for idioms, see aha and Gram …
36what's its name — noun or what s their name or what s her name or what s his name : what do you call it …
37what's-his (etc.) -name — Same as what do you call it …
38what's-its-name — n thing COLLOQ. thingummy, thingamy, thingy, thingummyjig, thingummybob, what d you call it, whatsit, doodah, doobrey, whatnot, gismo; N Am whatchamacallit, doodad, doofus, doohickey …
39call — [kôl] vt. [ME callen < Late OE ceallian & or < ON kalla < IE base * gal , to scream, shriek > Brythonic galw, call, Ger klage & (?) MIr gall, swan] 1. to say or read in a loud tone; shout; announce [to call the names of stations] 2.… …
40call the shots — If you call the shots, you are in charge and tell people what to do …
