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I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
Iggy Azalea

Meaning of "gimmick" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GIMMICK

Originally US slang, of unknown origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GIMMICK

gimmick  [ˈɡɪmɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GIMMICK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gimmick is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GIMMICK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gimmick

In marketing language, a gimmick is a unique or quirky special feature that makes something "stand out" from its contemporaries. However, the special feature is typically thought to be of little relevance or use. Thus, a gimmick is a special feature for the sake of having a special feature. It began, however, as a slang term for something that a con artist or magician had his assistant manipulate to make appearances different from reality. Such things as the manipulating of a gaming wheel led to the idea of a "gimmick" being used. Musicians often use gimmicks such as Slash's top hat, Angus Young's schoolboy uniform and Deadmau5's mouse helmet. In marketing, product gimmicks are sometimes considered mere novelties, and not really that relevant to the product's functioning, sometimes even earning negative connotations. However, some seemingly trivial gimmicks of the past have evolved into useful, permanent features. According to the OED, the word is first attested in 1926, defined in the Wise-Crack Dictionary by Main and Grant as "a device used for making a fair game crooked".

Definition of gimmick in the English dictionary

The first definition of gimmick in the dictionary is something designed to attract extra attention, interest, or publicity. Other definition of gimmick is any clever device, gadget, or stratagem, esp one used to deceive. Gimmick is also a device or trick of legerdemain that enables a magician to deceive the audience.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GIMMICK


acronymic
ˌækrəˈnɪmɪk
bulimic
buːˈlɪmɪk
cherubimic
ˌtʃerəˈbɪmɪk
cyclothymic
ˌsaɪkləʊˈθaɪmɪk
dysthymic
dɪsˈθaɪmɪk
enzymic
ɛnˈzaɪmɪk
eponymic
ˌɛpəˈnɪmɪk
fehmic
ˈfeɪmɪk
metonymic
ˌmetəˈnɪmɪk
metronymic
ˌmɛtrəˈnɪmɪk
mimic
ˈmɪmɪk
mimicker
ˈmɪmɪk
pantomimic
ˌpæntəˈmɪmɪk
paronymic
ˌpærəˈnɪmɪk
patronymic
ˌpætrəˈnɪmɪk
schizothymic
ˌskɪtsəʊˈθaɪmɪk
synonymic
ˌsɪnəˈnɪmɪk
thymic
ˈθaɪmɪk
toponymic
ˌtɒpəˈnɪmɪk
zymic
ˈzaɪmɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GIMMICK

gimbal
gimbal ring
gimbals
gimcrack
gimcrackery
gimel
gimlet
gimlet-eyed
gimmal
gimmalled
gimme
gimmer
gimmickry
gimmicky
gimmie
gimmor
gimp
gimpy
gin
gin mill

WORDS THAT END LIKE GIMMICK

brick
Brunswick
chick
click
dick
do the trick
Herrick
kick
lick
McCormick
nick
Patrick
pick
quick
rick
schmick
sick
stick
thick
trick

Synonyms and antonyms of gimmick in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GIMMICK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gimmick» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of gimmick

Translation of «gimmick» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GIMMICK

Find out the translation of gimmick to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gimmick from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gimmick» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

花招
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reclamo
570 millions of speakers

English

gimmick
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नौटंकी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حيلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трюк
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jogada publicitária
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতারণাপূর্ণ কৌশল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

stratagème
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gimmick
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gag
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

> 策略
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

> 수법
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gimmick
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mánh lới quảng cáo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வித்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नौटंकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hile
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trovata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sztuczka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трюк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gimmick
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τέχνασμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

foefie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gimmick
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gimmick
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gimmick

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GIMMICK»

The term «gimmick» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.016 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GIMMICK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gimmick

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10 QUOTES WITH «GIMMICK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gimmick.
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Yolanda Adams
My direction has never really changed, because I don't think that you can really work gimmicks in gospel music. With gospel music, there is this central theme that always comes around about the love of God, the love of Jesus and the power that you have through Jesus Christ. You don't need a gimmick when you have that.
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Iggy Azalea
I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
3
William Bernbach
No matter how skillful you are, you can't invent a product advantage that doesn't exist. And if you do, and it's just a gimmick, it's going to fall apart anyway.
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Tommy Chong
My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material.
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Jackie Cooper
The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when that personality or that gimmick or whatever they had ran dry at the box office, they were dropped and out.
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Tyler Cowen
Most restaurants in most cities, including Washington, are at a sort of mid-level. They're somewhat trendy, or they have some sort of gimmick, or they're somewhat expensive. And they make a lot of money off drinks. I tell people don't go to most of them, unless your goal is just to socialize.
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Tony D'Souza
When I grew up in the early '90s, the new World Wide Web felt like a gimmick, and I had no idea of the changes in store. In the summers, I'd backpack through Europe, follow the Grateful Dead. I had a car and a tent and traveled around the Great Lakes and out West. Jack Kerouac was my guiding light, his 'On the Road' a sacred text.
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Seth Grahame-Smith
There are so many stories to tell in the worlds of science fiction, the worlds of fantasy and horror that to confine yourself to even doing historical revisionist fiction, whatever you want to call it - mash-ups, gimmick lit, absurdist fiction - I don't know if I want to do that anymore.
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Ralph Hall
When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.
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Michael Heizer
The size thing is not some gimmick or attention-getting trick but a genuine undercurrent of the work. Frank Gehry for instance likes to imagine his buildings as sculptures. I like to imagine my sculptures as architectural.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GIMMICK»

Discover the use of gimmick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gimmick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hot Gimmick
"Original Japanese editions published in 2005 by Shogakukan Inc., Tokyo"--P. opposite T.p.
‎2010
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Hot Gimmick S
When sixteen-year-old Hatsumi Narita starts dating Ryoki Tachibana, her neighbor, she develops feelings toward her adopted older brother.
Megumi Nishizaki, 2007
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Gimmick
Mutation-love in 2040:: the DNA=channels of the biocapturism nerve cells to the insanity medium of the human body pill cruel emulator that compressed the acidHUMANIX infection of the soul/gram made of retro-ADAM nightmare-script of a ...
Kenji Siratori, 2005
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The Gimmick: And Other Plays
A stylish new musical.
Dael Orlandersmith, 2003
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Gimmick I: Italiano Parlato
Introduces Italian vocabulary, phrases, and idioms, identifies common mistakes, and shows how to speak colloquial Italian This book is the answer to your problems in speaking and understanding Italian - a method of acquiring an ...
Adrienne, 1984
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Beauty's Daughter, Monster, The Gimmick: Three Plays
Charged with fearless wisdom, these three electrifying plays transform rage-filled ghetto experience into a triumph of rhapsodic expression. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dael Orlandersmith, 2010
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Gimmick!
Trouble with the wrong side of the law? Paparazzi won't leave you alone? Found yourself in a tight spot and you don't know where to go? Then it's time to get in touch with Kohei Nagase and his friends at Studio Gimmick.
Youzaburou Kanari, 2014
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Hot Gimmick
Find out why Hot Gimmick is one of the most talked-about new manga titles coming out of Japan! The Narita family is given the deep freeze when one of Mrs.
Miki Aihara, 2004
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Dissent Events: Protest, the Media, and the Political ...
This work covers collective action in Australia, from the halting experiments in the 1960s, to the more recent actions of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party, and the quest for reconciliation.
Sean Scalmer, 2002
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Der Gimmick: Gesprochenes Deutsch
A program which teaches German
Adrienne, 1977

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GIMMICK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gimmick is used in the context of the following news items.
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NXT Star Debuts New Gimmick (Photos), Injured NXT Star Returns …
WWE NXT star Elias Samson has been testing out a new country music gimmick at NXT live events, as he came out in Jacksonville last night ... «Wrestlezone, Jul 15»
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Residents race across Walworth County in gimmick rally
Jackie Busch, left, and David Busch, right, both of Delavan, listen to the game instructions Saturday at Bruce Park, Darien, a checkpoint of the ... «Gazettextra, Jul 15»
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Editorial: Maybe the tax cap is more than just a gimmick
Since the cap was enacted, it's been the position of this editorial board that it's little more than a political gimmick — a way for Albany ... «Suffolk Times, Jul 15»
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For the Want of a Budget Gimmick, the Kingdom Was Lost
That's a budget gimmick, to be sure, and no substitute for a long-term program to restore the military power the United States needs. But the ... «The Weekly Standard, Jul 15»
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Graffiti outside Mannat: Shah Rukh Khan's marketing gimmick for …
But today, after the release of the teaser of Shah Rukh Khan's Fan, the incident does not look usual but a smart marketing gimmick. By 'c u on ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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7 brands that have shamelessly jumped on a tube strike gimmick
As you sweatily speed walk across the city this morning, marketing teams across the capital are high-fiving over their latest win: shamelessly ... «The Memo, Jul 15»
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Baahubali: Just A Gimmick
Baahubali has to do well in all languages in order to get back its investment. Rajamouli is therefore giving adequate time for the promotion of ... «Greatandhra.com, Jul 15»
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In 'The Love She Left Behind,' Mourning Is No Gimmick
Of all the overdone tropes available in the LitFic Plot-O-Matic 9000, the Grown-Children-Return-For-Funeral-of-Parent (With Issues) button has ... «WCAI, Jul 15»
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Referendum on Delhi statehood a gimmick, says Congress
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) demand for a referendum on full statehood for Delhi is "unconstitutional" and a "political gimmick", the ... «India Today, Jul 15»
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Somaliland: IC Using Security Warning as Arm Twisting Gimmick
Somalilandsun - - The standing travel warning of the United Kingdom and the United States of America for its citizens to avoid visiting ... «Somaliland Sun, Jul 15»

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