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gimmick

[ gim-ik ]

noun

  1. an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. a concealed, usually devious aspect or feature of something, as a plan or deal:

    An offer that good must have a gimmick in it somewhere.

  3. a hidden mechanical device by which a magician works a trick or a gambler controls a game of chance.
  4. Electronics Informal. a capacitor formed by intertwining two insulated wires.


verb (used with object)

  1. to equip or embellish with unnecessary features, especially in order to increase salability, acceptance, etc. (often followed by up ):

    to gimmick up a sports car with chrome and racing stripes.

verb (used without object)

  1. to resort to gimmickry, especially habitually.

gimmick

/ 藞伞瑟尘瑟办 /

noun

  1. something designed to attract extra attention, interest, or publicity
  2. any clever device, gadget, or stratagem, esp one used to deceive
  3. a device or trick of legerdemain that enables a magician to deceive the audience
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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  • 藞驳颈尘尘颈肠办谤测, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gimmick1

An Americanism dating back to 1925鈥30; origin uncertain
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gimmick1

C20: originally US slang, of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

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It was a gimmick Hendrix repeated to great acclaim the following month at the Monterey Pop Festival, which is widely regarded as launching his career in the US.

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This brings us to the next part: an accounting gimmick.

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鈥淏ut pretty soon we abandoned that idea because it鈥檚 a one-joke gimmick.鈥

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Some of the more traditional among you may disregard social media followings as a bit of a gimmick.

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There鈥檚 a catch, a gimmick even, as De Niro stars opposite himself, playing both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, two notorious real-life Italian American mafiosi who have inspired many movies and documentaries.

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