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Definition of gimmick in English: gimmicknoun ˈɡɪmɪkˈɡɪmɪk A trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or trade. it is not so much a programme to improve services as a gimmick to gain votes sales gimmicks such as free trips it's foolish to dismiss it as nothing more than a gimmick Example sentencesExamples - This is mainly a fund-raising gimmick for a couple of right of center interest groups.
- Candidates also promote online games and gimmicks to enhance fund-raising activities on their sites.
- It is more like a sales gimmick which targets the poor and uneducated.
- His stubborn puritanical simplicity was sometimes dismissed as a publicity gimmick.
- No tricks, no gimmicks, no unpleasant taste in your mouth the next morning.
- A traveling showman added a gimmick to his sales by vending cards through machines.
- Critics have wasted no time dismissing the scheme as a gimmick or proof that the government have run out of ideas.
- Product innovations, and not short-term gimmicks should be used as devices to improve bottomlines.
- It seems a contrivance, a gimmick designed to get attention, which it does.
- He denied the scheme was a gimmick which would have little effect on the rocketing street crime problem.
- It doesn't need gimmicks to attract youth, it needs excellence and, in particular, it needs excellence at international level.
- These actors forge a nice bridge between the two shows and their appearances never feel like gimmicks or stunt casting.
- People have talked dismissively of gimmicks but these gimmicks are going down well in my constituency.
- At children's parties you have acts like magicians and balloon-benders; at adult parties you have gimmicks to hold the guests' attention.
- However, many journalists and others were almost certain that it was a publicity-seeking gimmick.
- They are glossy, glib and trot out all the gimmicks and tricks to catch your attention - and are pointless as anything other than that.
- But it is also overcooked and frenetic, with some visual tricks and gimmicks repeated often enough to induce a diminishing return of novelty and effect.
- Colourful stickers, festoons, bargain deals and a whole range of sales gimmicks are employed to lure customers.
- He challenged the Government to reveal the full cost to taxpayers of what he termed a publicity gimmick.
- When choosing a children's savings account, ignore the gimmicks, free gifts and advertising featuring cartoon characters or celebrities.
Synonyms publicity device, stunt, contrivance, eye-catching novelty, scheme, trick, dodge, ploy, stratagem loss-leader informal shtick
Origin 1920s (originally US): of unknown origin but possibly an approximate anagram of magic, the original sense being 'a piece of magicians' apparatus'. Rhymes bulimic, metronymic, mimic, pantomimic, patronymic Definition of gimmick in US English: gimmicknounˈɡɪmɪkˈɡimik A trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or business. Example sentencesExamples - These actors forge a nice bridge between the two shows and their appearances never feel like gimmicks or stunt casting.
- But it is also overcooked and frenetic, with some visual tricks and gimmicks repeated often enough to induce a diminishing return of novelty and effect.
- They are glossy, glib and trot out all the gimmicks and tricks to catch your attention - and are pointless as anything other than that.
- Critics have wasted no time dismissing the scheme as a gimmick or proof that the government have run out of ideas.
- It doesn't need gimmicks to attract youth, it needs excellence and, in particular, it needs excellence at international level.
- It seems a contrivance, a gimmick designed to get attention, which it does.
- No tricks, no gimmicks, no unpleasant taste in your mouth the next morning.
- He denied the scheme was a gimmick which would have little effect on the rocketing street crime problem.
- At children's parties you have acts like magicians and balloon-benders; at adult parties you have gimmicks to hold the guests' attention.
- Candidates also promote online games and gimmicks to enhance fund-raising activities on their sites.
- His stubborn puritanical simplicity was sometimes dismissed as a publicity gimmick.
- It is more like a sales gimmick which targets the poor and uneducated.
- Product innovations, and not short-term gimmicks should be used as devices to improve bottomlines.
- When choosing a children's savings account, ignore the gimmicks, free gifts and advertising featuring cartoon characters or celebrities.
- He challenged the Government to reveal the full cost to taxpayers of what he termed a publicity gimmick.
- Colourful stickers, festoons, bargain deals and a whole range of sales gimmicks are employed to lure customers.
- However, many journalists and others were almost certain that it was a publicity-seeking gimmick.
- This is mainly a fund-raising gimmick for a couple of right of center interest groups.
- People have talked dismissively of gimmicks but these gimmicks are going down well in my constituency.
- A traveling showman added a gimmick to his sales by vending cards through machines.
Synonyms publicity device, stunt, contrivance, eye-catching novelty, scheme, trick, dodge, ploy, stratagem
Origin 1920s (originally US): of unknown origin but possibly an approximate anagram of magic, the original sense being ‘a piece of magicians' apparatus’. |