to gimmick

Examples

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• Have Lesnar interfere so the booking is basically the same as the first HIAC, but make it more substantial: gimmick the cage so Lesnar literally tears a wall off and knocks Ryback out with it.

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• "No surprise to me, as there hadn't been anything wrong with them -" but I'm sure they were gimmicked in some odd way or other.

  Fiction book (1999)

• They're going to say what they say, and whatever the DJ plays, they mark and they gimmick.

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• The company decided to gimmick their product with a colorful new design to attract more customers.

• The magician will gimmick the stage with special effects that will amaze the audience.

Synonyms

T

to trick out

vsto gimmick

• Informal

1 7.4

To make something like a car or outfit look very fancy by adding bright decorations

uses a device or clever alteration to attract attention

T

to trick up

vsto gimmick

• Informal

7.2

To make someone or something look fancier to impress people

applies a device or change specifically to draw attention

P

to pimpin'

vsto gimmick

• Slang

9.9

Making a car or other object look bright and showy with extra parts

is broader, using tricks or devices on many kinds of things to attract attention

Antonyms

S

to simplify

99 2.5

Make something easier to understand or use

How Attention-Grabbing

to overhype

4 5.8

to sensationalize

• Literature

12 6.8

to gimmick

1 6.8

to decorate

226 1.9

to alter

493 2.5

tweak

28 3.9

Surface Forms

Etymology