knickknack (noun)
1knickknack — noun it s no fun dusting all her knickknacks Syn: trinket, novelty, gewgaw, bibelot, ornament, trifle, bauble, gimcrack, curio, tchotchke; memento, souvenir, kickshaw; archaic gaud …
2knickknack — noun 1. a small inexpensive mass produced article • Syn: ↑novelty • Hypernyms: ↑article 2. miscellaneous curios • Syn: ↑bric a brac, ↑nicknack, ↑knickknackery, ↑ …
3knickknack — also nicknack noun Etymology: reduplication of knack Date: 1682 a small trivial article usually intended for ornament …
4knickknack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bric a brac, trifle, trinket, gewgaw. See ornament, unimportance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ornament, curio, gewgaw, gimcrack, objet d art (French), conversation piece, bric a brac, curiosity, bibelot,… …
5knickknack — knick|knack [ nık,næk ] noun count a small inexpensive object used as a decoration: a collection of knick knacks …
6knickknackery — noun miscellaneous curios • Syn: ↑bric a brac, ↑knickknack, ↑nicknack, ↑whatnot • Hypernyms: ↑curio, ↑curiosity, ↑oddity, ↑oddment, ↑ …
7curiosity — noun (plural ties) Date: 14th century 1. desire to know: a. inquisitive interest in others concerns ; nosiness b. interest leading to inquiry < intellectual curiosity > …
8knack — noun Etymology: Middle English knak Date: 14th century 1. a. a clever trick or stratagem b. a clever way of doing something 2. a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach 3. archaic an ingenious device; broadly toy, knickknack… …
9tchotchke — noun Etymology: Yiddish tshatshke trinket, from obsolete Polish czaczko Date: 1971 knickknack, trinket …
10conversation piece — noun An unusual item, such as a painting, or a tabletop knickknack which encourages comment from visitors, and so helps to break the ice …
