gimmick
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈɡɪmɪk/
- Informal
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cachivache
- She showed me a household gimmick that makes opening jars much easier.
- gimmicks or gadgets
- accounting gimmick
- just a gimmick
We would, we'd the word gimmick again, you made additional money by when there was the intermission, we'd go to what's called the gimmick table.
- We would, we'd the word gimmick again, you made additional money by when there was the intermission, we'd go to what's called the gimmick table.
Examples
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This little gimmick can charge your phone without plugging it in.
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It has all these cool little gimmicks and quirks and I love it.
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I got just the gimmick.
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Yeah, it's my new gimmick.
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I thought my arm was the gimmick.
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His writing and the performances he gets out of his actors are no gimmick.
Blog text (1) -
As a gimmick gadget, it seems pretty cool.
Blog text (18) -
I don't need gimmicks.
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I wandered around the store looking for a new gimmick to help with my cooking.
Synonyms
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2.9
A small useful tool or machine for a special job
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8.4
An informal word for an object when you forget its name
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5.1
A small useful thing or tool for a particular job
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7.1
A small device or tool whose name you do not know
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9.9
A small object whose name you do not know
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8.7
A small thing or device whose name you do not know
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9.9
A word for an object whose name you do not know
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9.2
A simple word for an object you cannot remember the name of
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9.9
A word people use for a person or object when they forget its name
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9.6
A thing whose name you do not know or remember
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9.9
A thing whose name you cannot remember
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9.9
A small tool or object you forget the name of
A small device you do not know the name of
A small object whose name you do not know
An object whose name you don't know or have forgotten
A word used for an object when you forget its name
A word for a person or thing whose name you cannot remember
An object whose name you do not know or have forgotten
A word for something whose name you cannot remember
A small object used when you do not know its name
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gimmick is also used as a quick name for a small thing whose name you do not know, like a 'thingamajig' or a gadget, so people may say 'hand me that gimmick' when they mean 'that odd little thing'.