About The Word Gimmick

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Gimmick

Gimmick Meaning & Definition
Gimmick Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gimmick?

[n] any clever (deceptive) maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"
[n] something whose name is either forgotten or not known

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gimmick: device | dohickey | dojigger | doodad | doohickey | gismo | gizmo | gubbins | hickey | thingamabob | thingamajig | thingmabob | thingmajig | thingumabob | thingumajig | thingummy | twist

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gimmick: action | ad hoc measure | affair | anagnorisis | angle | answer | apparatus | architectonics | architecture | argument | art | artful dodge | article | artifact | artifice | atmosphere | background | bag of tricks | blind | bluff | bosey | catastrophe | catch | characterization | cheat | chicanery | chouse | color | complication | concern | conspiracy | continuity | contraption | contrivance | counterfeit | countermove | coup | course of action | craft | curve | curve-ball | cute trick | deceit | deception | demarche | denouement | design | development | device | dingus | dirty deal | dirty trick | dodge | dofunny | dohickey | dojigger | dojiggy | domajig | domajigger | doodad | dowhacky | effort | episode | eppes | etwas | expedient | fable | fake | fakement | falling action | fast deal | feint | fetch | ficelle | flumadiddle | fun | gadget | gambit | game | gigamaree | gimcrack | gizmo | googly | grift | hand tool | hickey | hocus-pocus | hook | hootenanny | hootmalalie | humbug | implement | imposture | improvisation | incident | instrument | intrigue | invention | jest | jigger | joker | juggle | jugglery | jury-rig | jury-rigged expedient | knavery | last expedient | last resort | last shift | line | little game | local color | makeshift | maneuver | material thing | means | measure | mechanical device | method | mood | motif | move | movement | mythos | object | pass | peripeteia | pis aller | plan | plot | ploy | power tool | precision tool | quelque chose | racket | recognition | red herring | resort | resource | rising action | ruse | scheme | scurvy trick | secondary plot | shake-up | shift | slant | sleight | sleight of hand | sleight-of-hand trick | snare | solution | something | speed tool | sport | step | stopgap | story | stratagem | strategy | stroke | stroke of policy | structure | subject | subplot | subterfuge | switch | tactic | temporary expedient | thematic development | theme | thing | thingum | thingumabob | thingumadad | thingumadoodle | thingumajig | thingumajigger | thingumaree | thingummy | tone | tool | topic | trap | trick | trickery | trump | twist | utensil | whatchy | widget | wile | wily device | working hypothesis | working proposition

See Also | fast one | maneuver | manoeuvre | stuff | sundries | sundry | tactical maneuver | tactical manoeuvre | trick | whatchamacallit | whatsis

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