Gimcrack

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A cheap and showy object of little or no use; a gewgaw.
  • adj. Cheap and tasteless; gaudy: "The shelves groan with an array of gimcrack gifts from fans: a stuffed piranha fish ... a ceramic ... bull, a papier-mâché replica of an Apollo moonwalker” ( Harry F. Waters).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Showy but of poor quality; worthless.
  • n. Something showy but worthless; a gimmick or bauble.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A trivial mechanism; a device.
  • n. A toy; a pretty thing; an ornamental object of no great value.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A spruce or pert boy.
  • n. A showy, unsubstantial thing; a pretty or fanciful thing; a toy; a gewgaw.
  • Showy but trivial; fanciful or trumpery.
  • Also spelled jimcrack.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. tastelessly showy
  • n. ornamental objects of no great value
  • Equivalent
    tasteless   
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    Words with the same meaning
    device    gewgaw   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    teetotum    gaud    kickshaw    knickknack    gewgaw    keepsake    thatched-roof    get    handsel    riflelike