Meaning

3 senses
  1. A cheap showy trinket

    безделу́шкаbezdelúška

    cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

  2. (obsolete)Trick; jest; sport

  3. (obsolete)Deceit; fraud; artifice

Examples

1 sentences
  1. But the girl isn't interested in the Palace of Gaudí.

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Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a cheap showy trinket:

Origin

From Middle English gaude, gawde (“jest, prank, trick; ornamental bead in a rosary, trinke

From Middle English gaude, gawde (“jest, prank, trick; ornamental bead in a rosary, trinket, bauble”). Compare Middle English gaudy, gaudee, of the same meaning.

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Forms

plural: gauds
Singulargaud
Pluralgauds

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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