GIMMICK: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:			'gimik
Matching Terms:			gimmickry
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  any clever (deceptive) maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point" [n]  something whose name is either forgotten or not known
	Synonyms:		device, dohickey, dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, hickey, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, twist
	See Also:		fast one, maneuver, manoeuvre, stuff, sundries, sundry, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, trick, whatchamacallit, whatsis
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		action, ad hoc measure, affair, anagnorisis, angle, answer, apparatus, architectonics, architecture, argument, art, artful dodge, article, artifact, artifice, atmosphere, background, bag of tricks, blind, bluff, bosey, catastrophe, catch, characterization, cheat, chicanery, chouse, color, complication, concern, conspiracy, continuity, contraption, contrivance, counterfeit, countermove, coup, course of action, craft, curve, curve-ball, cute trick, deceit, deception, demarche, denouement, design, development, device, dingus, dirty deal, dirty trick, dodge, dofunny, dohickey, dojigger, dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky, effort, episode, eppes, etwas, expedient, fable, fake, fakement, falling action, fast deal, feint, fetch, ficelle, flumadiddle, fun, gadget, gambit, game, gigamaree, gimcrack, gizmo, googly, grift, hand tool, hickey, hocus-pocus, hook, hootenanny, hootmalalie, humbug, implement, imposture, improvisation, incident, instrument, intrigue, invention, jest, jigger, joker, juggle, jugglery, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, knavery, last expedient, last resort, last shift, line, little game, local color, makeshift, maneuver, material thing, means, measure, mechanical device, method, mood, motif, move, movement, mythos, object, pass, peripeteia, pis aller, plan, plot, ploy, power tool, precision tool, quelque chose, racket, recognition, red herring, resort, resource, rising action, ruse, scheme, scurvy trick, secondary plot, shake-up, shift, slant, sleight, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, snare, solution, something, speed tool, sport, step, stopgap, story, stratagem, strategy, stroke, stroke of policy, structure, subject, subplot, subterfuge, switch, tactic, temporary expedient, thematic development, theme, thing, thingum, thingumabob, thingumadad, thingumadoodle, thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree, thingummy, tone, tool, topic, trap, trick, trickery, trump, twist, utensil, whatchy, widget, wile, wily device, working hypothesis, working proposition