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Antonyms for gimmick

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gim-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɪm ɪk


Definition of gimmick

Origin :
  • 1926 (in Maine & Grant's "Wise-Crack Dictionary," which defines it as "a device used for making a fair game crooked"), American English, perhaps an alteration of gimcrack, or an anagram of magic.
  • noun contrived object; scheme
Example sentences :
  • If you can't find his gimmick in half a day, I'll come out and show it to you.
  • Extract from : « The Great Gray Plague » by Raymond F. Jones
  • We have to remember that the gimmick in this whole business is a golden skull.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Skull » by John Blaine
  • The "gimmick," as these American subjects put it, is "hot" and the turnover is fantastic.
  • Extract from : « High Man » by Jay Clarke
  • And you think me incapable of keeping your secret, ah, gimmick, I believe is the idiomatic term you used.
  • Extract from : « Mercenary » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • That gimmick's pretty much of a spilled secret now, but on p. 270 a swap for you and Lyad it was worth it.
  • Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz
  • In fact, every other department head had some gimmick he was trying to push to get personal recognition.
  • Extract from : « Breeder Reaction » by Winston Marks
  • I didn't tumble to the pixie's gimmick for a whole month, then I picked up the phone one day and the old man spilled the news.
  • Extract from : « Breeder Reaction » by Winston Marks
  • We'd need several contestants, because the gimmick could be worked on every big money quiz.
  • Extract from : « The Electronic Mind Reader » by John Blaine
  • He knew from the word that the scientist had immediately spotted some reason why his gimmick wouldn't work.
  • Extract from : « The Electronic Mind Reader » by John Blaine
  • It's the gimmick that makes rich Spaniards fuel and hide submarines in the Caribbean—you know that for a fact yourself.
  • Extract from : « The Five Arrows » by Allan Chase

Synonyms for gimmick

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