Definition of gimcrack Gimcrack
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We found 8 definitions of gimcrack from 6 different sources.
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What does gimcrack mean?
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| gimcrack - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" | ||
| brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy | ||
| tasteless lacking aesthetic or social taste | ||
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| gimcrack - ornamental objects of no great value | ||
| folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gimcrack (n.)
A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gimcrack
jim′krak, n. a toy: a gewgaw: a trivial mechanism—also Jim′crack.—n. Gim′crackery. [Prov. gim or jim, neat, and crack, a lively boy.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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gimcrack
A spruce wench; a gimcrack also means a person who has a turn for mechanical contrivances.
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🔤- gimcrack, noun, singular of gimcracks.
- gimcrack, adjective.
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