gimmick
noun
1 gimmick
A drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident.
synonym: catch.
2 gimmick
Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
synonyms: doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget ... show more.
Dutch: prul, dingetje, dinges
3 gimmick
Any clever maneuver:
— It was a great sales gimmick.
— A cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen.
synonyms: device, twist.
Dutch: foef, foefje, handigheid, kneep, kunst-en-vliegwerk, kunstgreep, kunstje, list, maniertje, slimmigheid, slimmigheidje, toer, trick, truc ... show more
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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