Gimmick

Quick meaning: Gimmick is a noun meaning A trick or device used to attain some end.

Meaning

A trick or device used to attain some end.

More Meanings

1. A ploy or strategy used to attract attention or gain traction.
2. (electronics) A gimmick capacitor.
3. (Philippines) A night out with one's friends.
4. (transitive) To rig or set up with a trick or device.

Example Sentences

The box had a gimmick to make the coin appear to vanish.

The contest was a gimmick to get people to sign up for their mailing list.

The magician's box was gimmicked with a wire that made it appear to open on its own.

Epperlein and Tucker focus on two featherweight hopefuls: Dustin Poirier, a formidable contender who’s looking to parlay a history of schoolyard violence and street-fighting into a potential career, and Albert Stainback, a more thoughtful yet more erratic and undisciplined fighter whose chief gimmick is entering the ring wearing a hat like the one Malcolm McDowell wore in A Clockwork Orange.

Word Forms

• gimmicks
• gimmicking
• gimmicked

Synonyms for gimmick

Depending on context, synonyms include twist, device, gubbins, gizmo, dojigger, doodad.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thingummy, gizmo, thingamabob, doodad, dojigger, doohickey.

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