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Definition of 'gimcrack'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) gimcrack
a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw; trinket.

2. (adj.) gimcrack
showy but useless.

Etymology: (1625–35; alter. of ME gib(e)crake; cf. ME gibben to waver (< OF giber to shake))

Definition of 'gimcrack'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery
ornamental objects of no great value

2. (adj) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
tastelessly showy
"a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

Definition of 'gimcrack'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) gimcrack
a trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing

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