verb · transitive · rare

gimmick

gimmick · gimmicks · gimmicked · gimmicking

To rig or set up with a trick or deviceTo rig or set up with a trick or device.

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/ˈɡɪm.ɪk/

» That's a gimmick.

Это трюк. — Selena777

Это хитрость. — Lenin_1917

Це хитрощі. — deniko

Це підступний трюк. — deniko

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Meaning

1 senses

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.

Examples

10 sentences

That's a gimmick.
Це хитрощі. — deniko
ruЭто трюк. — Selena777
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It's not a gimmick.
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It isn't a gimmick.
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These are just gimmicks.
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This isn't a gimmick.
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Translations

2 languages

Origin

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

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Forms

gimmicks, gimmicking, gimmicked, gimmicked

Base form	gimmick · to gimmick
3rd person singular	gimmicks
Present participle	gimmicking
Past simple	gimmicked
Past participle	gimmicked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	gimmick
he, she, it	gimmicks

Past simpleLesson

all persons

gimmicked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have gimmicked
he, she, it	has gimmicked

Future simple (will)Lesson