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gimmicky — 1948, from GIMMICK (Cf. gimmick) + Y (Cf. y) (2) … Etymology dictionary
gimmicky — gimmick gim‧mick [ˈgɪmɪk] noun [countable] disapproving a trick or object that makes you notice a product and want to buy it: • It would be foolish to dismiss the videophone as nothing more than a gimmick. gimmicky adjective : • a gimmicky new… … Financial and business terms
gimmicky — [[t]gɪ̱mɪki[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe something as gimmicky, you think it has features which are not necessary or useful, and whose only purpose is to attract attention or publicity. [INFORMAL] The campaign was gimmicky, but… … English dictionary
gimmicky — gimmick ► NOUN ▪ a trick or device intended to attract attention rather than fulfil a useful purpose. DERIVATIVES gimmickry noun gimmicky adjective. ORIGIN originally in sense «piece of magicians apparatus»: of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
gimmicky — mə̇kē, ki adjective : having or being like a gimmick a gimmicky side to stereo recordings deliberately souped up and distorted Roland Gelatt … Useful english dictionary
gimmicky — adjective see gimmick I … New Collegiate Dictionary
gimmicky — See gimmick. * * * … Universalium
gimmicky — adj. using gimmicks, employing gimmicks; designed to attract consumer attention … English contemporary dictionary
gimmicky — adj contrived, devised, faked, false, Sl. hokey; commercial, plastic, Sl. mickey mouse, artificial; tricky, wily, shifty, deceitful, deceptive … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
gimmicky — gim·micky … English syllables
