Trinket

Quick meaning: Trinket is a noun meaning A small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery.

Meaning

A small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) A thing of little practical and/or monetary value; a toy, a trifle.
2. A small item of food; a small dainty.
3. A small item forming part of a set of equipment; an accessory, an accoutrement.
4. An item used in a religious rite (also, a religious rite, belief, etc.) regarded as superfluous or trivial.
5. (transitive, rare) Often followed by out: to adorn (someone or something) with trinkets (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1).
6. (Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland) A narrow or small watercourse.
7. (UK, dialectal, chiefly Cheshire, Lancashire, obsolete) A small vessel for drinking from; a cup, a mug, a porringer.

Example Sentences

It’s only a little trinket, but it reminds her of him.

That little trinket around her neck must have cost a bundle.

This [the hawksbill turtle] is the animal that ſupplies the tortoiſe-ſhell, of vvhich ſuch a variety of beautiful trinkets are made.

[H]e's an old man, / A good old man, they ſay too: I dare ſvveare / Full many a yeare ago, he left theſe gambols: / Here, take your trinkets.

Word Forms

• trinkets
• trinketing
• trinketed

Synonyms for trinket

Depending on context, synonyms include bauble, novelty, bric-a-brac, fandangle, fangle, fizgig.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bauble, bangle, fallal, gewgaw, gaud, novelty.

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