gimcrack

Speech parts

1. gimcrack - Noun

2. gimcrack - Adjective

3. gimcrack - Verb

4. gimcrack - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gaudy tawdry cheap flash loud nonsense flashy garish frill tacky trashy tatty brassy meretricious trumpery
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Hypernyms

decoration ornament ornamentation

Examples

The presence of evil, once scented, tends to bring out all that is most irrational and uncontrollable in the public imagination. It is a catalyst for pea-brained theories, gimcrack scholarship, and the credulous cosmologies of hysteria. Michael Chabon

a flash car Source: Internet

a flashy ring Source: Internet

garish colors Source: Internet

a gaudy costume Source: Internet

loud sport shirts Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

gimbri gimchee gimchi gimcrackery gimcrackiness gimcracky