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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. ornamental objects of no great value;
[syn: folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. tastelessly showy;
- Example: "a flash car"
- Example: "a flashy ring"
- Example: "garish colors"
- Example: "a gaudy costume"
- Example: "loud sport shirts"
- Example: "a meretricious yet stylish book"
- Example: "tawdry ornaments"
[syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

gimcrack \gim"crack`\, n. [OE., a spruce and pert pretender,
   also, a spruce girl, prob. fr. gim + crack lad, boaster.]
   A trivial mechanism; a device. --Arbuthnot.
   [1913 Webster]

   2. A toy; a pretty thing; an ornamental object of no great
      value.

   Syn: trinket, gewgaw, knickknack, tchotchke.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] gimcrackery


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gimcrack
    adj 1: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring";
           "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts";
           "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
           [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish,
           gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky,
           tatty, tawdry, trashy]
    n 1: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: folderal,
         falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense,
         trumpery]