Gaud

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A gaudy or showy ornament or trinket.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a cheap showy trinket
  • v. To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Trick; jest; sport.
  • n. Deceit; fraud; artifice; device.
  • n. An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket.
  • verb-intransitive. To sport or keep festival.
  • v. To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Jest; joke; sport; pastime; trick; artifice.
  • n. A piece of showy finery; a gay trapping, trinket, or the like; any object of ostentation or exultation.
  • n. Same as gaudy, 3.
  • To sport; jest; make merry.
  • To adorn with gauds or trinkets; decorate meretriciously; paint, as the cheeks.
  • n. A Scotch form of goad and of gad, 5.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    adornment   
    Form
    gauded    gauding   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    trick    jest    sport    deceit    fraud    artifice    device    ornament    trinket    paint   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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