gimcrack in English

noun

1

a cheap and showy ornament; a knickknack.

There's nothing you can do to change the little ones' minds about the gewgaws and gimcracks they expect to find beneath the tree - or to stop your in-laws' annual onslaught, for that matter.

adjective

1

flimsy or poorly made but deceptively attractive.

plastic gimcrack cookware

synonyms: shoddy, jerry-built, flimsy, insubstantial, thrown together, makeshift, inferior, poor-quality, second-rate, cheap, cheapjack, tawdry, kitsch, kitschy, chintzy, trashy, dime-store, tacky, junky, cheapo, schlocky, low-rent

noun

• nonsense, gimcrackery, folderal, frill, falderol, trumpery

adjective

• shoddy, jerry-built, flimsy, insubstantial, thrown together, makeshift, inferior, poor-quality, second-rate, cheap, cheapjack, tawdry, kitsch, kitschy, chintzy, trashy, dime-store, tacky, junky, cheapo, schlocky, low-rent
• flash, flashy, gaudy, meretricious, tawdry, tacky, cheap, loud, garish, brassy, tatty, trashy

Use "gimcrack" in a sentence

1. The place had a certain gimcrack theatrical glamour.

2. 26 synonyms for Bauble: trinket, ornament, trifle, toy, plaything, bagatelle, gimcrack, gewgaw, knick

3. And the Wang derives almost half its annual revenue from Ballet rent, concessions and gimcrack sales.

4. The gimcrack, slipshod, ecologically disastrous building developments in Northern Cyprus may last just 10 years, all things being well.

5. Synonyms for 'Cheapjack': cheap, tawdry, tacky, downmarket, trashy, gimcrack, jerry-built, bargain basement, cheap and nasty, cheaply, cheapo

6. The silver yo-yo that Jerry kept on his office desk was a gimcrack he had won as a carnival prize many years ago.

7. And all of a sudden, that gimcrack knocks my window and decidedly came to pick me up without even telling me.

8. That's a 33% increase in the cost of producing one gimcrack in Greece after you've deducted all the benefits of any increase in the productivity of Greek workers.

9. ‘A fantastic gilded bronze Bibelot featuring three sirens astride an elephant once stood on a mosaic plinth with three tiny yet accurate models of the Greek temples at Paestum.’ Synonyms ornament , novelty, gewgaw, piece of bric-a-brac, Bibelot, trinket, trifle, bauble, gimcrack, bagatelle, curio, …

10. ‘A fantastic gilded bronze Bibelot featuring three sirens astride an elephant once stood on a mosaic plinth with three tiny yet accurate models of the Greek temples at Paestum.’ Synonyms ornament , novelty, gewgaw, piece of bric-a-brac, Bibelot, trinket, trifle, bauble, gimcrack, bagatelle, curio, …

11. Balmont (foaled 11 March 2001) is an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.He had his greatest success as a two-year-old in 2003 when he won the Gimcrack Stakes and was awarded the win in the Middle Park Stakes on the disqualification of Three Valleys

12. ‘The building has 24 Bedsits and flats and a Sarsen spokeswoman said only eight are currently occupied.’ ‘Most of the lots at the auction, which starts in the Gimcrack Suite, at 6pm, are houses divided into Bedsits and investors and developers have already shown huge interest.’ ‘The old one comprised 28 Bedsits and seven bungalows.’