gimmick
1Gimmick! — Коробка японской версии игры Разработчик Sunsoft Из …
2gimmick — [ gimik ] n. m. • 1967; mot angl. amér. « procédé malhonnête pour tricher au jeu »; o. i., p. ê. altér. de gimac, anagramme de magic ♦ Anglic. Procédé ou objet astucieux, truc destiné à provoquer un effet marquant. Un gimmick publicitaire,… …
3gimmick — gim‧mick [ˈgɪmɪk] noun [countable] disapproving a trick or object that makes you notice a product and want to buy it: • It would be foolish to dismiss the videophone as nothing more than a gimmick. gimmicky adjective : • a gimmicky new product… …
4gimmick — index device (contrivance), stratagem Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5gimmick — 1926 (in Maine & Grant s Wise Crack Dictionary, which defines it as a device used for making a fair game crooked ), Amer.Eng., perhaps an alteration of gimcrack, or an anagram of magic …
6gimmick — a word of unknown origin meaning ‘a trick or device, especially to attract publicity or trade’, entered AmE in the 1920s, appearing first in glossaries and then in writers such as James Thurber (1948). Few other words have shared the speed with… …
7gimmick — [n] contrived object; scheme aid, apparatus, artifice, catch, concern, counterfeit, deceit, device, dodge*, fake, feint, fixture, fun, gadget, gambit, game, gizmo*, imposture, instrument, jest, maneuver, means, method, ploy, ruse, secret, shift,… …
8gimmick — ► NOUN ▪ a trick or device intended to attract attention rather than fulfil a useful purpose. DERIVATIVES gimmickry noun gimmicky adjective. ORIGIN originally in sense «piece of magicians apparatus»: of unknown origin …
9gimmick — ☆ gimmick [gim′ik ] n. [< ? GIMCRACK] Informal 1. a) a secret means of controlling a gambling device b) anything that tricks or mystifies; deceptive or secret device 2. a) an attention getting device or feature, typically superficial, designed …
10Gimmick! — This article is about the video game. For the manga series, see Gimmick! (manga). Gimmick! Mr. Gimmick Japanese front and back boxart Developer(s) Authentic Entertainment Publ …