a new gimmick to encourage people to spend more
The promise of lower taxation may have been just an election gimmick to gain votes.
He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.
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Gimmick! — Коробка японской версии игры Разработчик Sunsoft Из … Википедия
gimmick — [ 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,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
gimmick — 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… … Financial and business terms
gimmick — index device (contrivance), stratagem Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
gimmick — 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 … Etymology dictionary
gimmick — 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… … Modern English usage
gimmick — [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,… … New thesaurus
gimmick — ► 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 … English terms dictionary
gimmick — ☆ 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 … English World dictionary
Gimmick! — 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 … Wikipedia
Gimmick — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Gimmick », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Dans le langage courant, un gimmick est un… … Wikipédia en Français
