gimmick
English
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly a rough anagram of magic.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪm.ɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɪmɪk
Noun
gimmick (plural gimmicks)
- A trick or device used to attain some end.
- The box had a gimmick to make the coin appear to vanish.
- April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Fightville
- Epperlein and Tucker focus on two featherweight hopefuls: Dustin Poirier, a formidable contender who’s looking to parlay a history of schoolyard violence and street-fighting into a potential career, and Albert Stainback, a more thoughtful yet more erratic and undisciplined fighter whose chief gimmick is entering the ring wearing a hat like the one Malcolm McDowell wore in A Clockwork Orange.
- A clever ploy or strategy.
- The contest was a gimmick to get people to sign up for their mailing list.
- (electronics) A gimmick capacitor.
Translations
trick or a device
clever ploy or strategy
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gimmick capacitor — see gimmick capacitor
Verb
gimmick (third-person singular simple present gimmicks, present participle gimmicking, simple past and past participle gimmicked)
- To rig or set up with a trick or device.
- The magician's box was gimmicked with a wire that made it appear to open on its own.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡi.mik/
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