Meaning

4 senses
  1. A trick or device used to attain some end.

    The box had a gimmick to make the coin appear to vanish.

    Kniff, Kunstgriff, Trick

    трюкtrjuk

  2. A ploy or strategy used to attract attention or gain traction.

    The contest was a gimmick to get people to sign up for their mailing list.

    Aufhänger, Gag

    уло́вкаulóvka, трюкtrjuk, ухищре́ниеuxiščrénije

  3. A gimmick capacitor.

  4. (Philippines)A night out with one's friends.

More definitions
  • any clever maneuver
  • a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
  • something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

Examples

10 sentences
  1. That's a gimmick.

    Це хитрощі.

    ruЭто трюк.

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  2. It's not a gimmick.

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  3. It isn't a gimmick.

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  4. These are just gimmicks.

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  5. This isn't a gimmick.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
trick or a device:
clever ploy or strategy:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
trick or a device:
clever ploy or strategy:

Origin

Unknown. Possibly a rough anagram of magic or from gimme.

Unknown. Possibly a rough anagram of magic or from gimme.

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Forms

plural: gimmicks
Singulargimmick
Pluralgimmicks

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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