Meaning of GEWGAW
| Pronunciation: | | 'gyoogo
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| | Definition: | | [n] cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing |
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| | Synonyms: | | bangle, bauble, fallal, gaud, novelty, trinket |
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| | See Also: | | stuff, sundries, sundry, whatchamacallit, whatsis | |
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\Gew"gaw\, n. [OE. gigawe, gugawe, gewgaude, prob. the
same word as OE. givegove gewgaw, apparently a reduplicated
form fr. AS. gifan to give; cf. also F. joujou plaything, and
E. gaud, n. See {Give}, and cf. {Giffgaff}.]
A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but
worthless bauble.
A heavy gewgaw called a crown. --Dryden.
\Gew"gaw\, a.
Showy; unreal; pretentious.
Seeing his gewgaw castle shine. --Tennyson.
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| | Related Terms: | | a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, agate, bagatelle, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, bean, bibelot, bijou, bit, blocks, brass farthing, bric-a-brac, button, cent, checkerboard, chessboard, club, cockhorse, cricket bat, cue, curio, doll, doll carriage, farce, farthing, feather, fig, fleabite, folderol, fribble, frippery, gaud, gimcrack, golf club, hair, halfpenny, hill of beans, hobbyhorse, jack-in-the-box, jacks, jackstones, jackstraws, jest, joke, kickshaw, knack, knickknack, knickknackery, marble, marionette, mig, minikin, mockery, molehill, novelty, paper doll, peppercorn, picayune, pick-up sticks, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pinwheel, plaything, puppet, racket, rag doll, rap, red cent, rocking horse, row of pins, rush, shit, snap, sneeshing, sou, sport, steelie, straw, taw, teetotum, top, toy, toy soldier, trifle, trinket, triviality, tuppence, two cents, twopence, vanity, whatnot, whim-wham |
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