Word: gimcrack

Category: gimcrack

People & Society, Law & Government, Arts & Entertainment

Synonyms: gimcrack

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: gimcrack

gimcrack in french

Dictionary:
french
Translations:
joujou, amusette

gimcrack in russian

Dictionary:
russian
Translations:
мишурный, мишура

gimcrack in finnish

Dictionary:
finnish
Translations:
räikeä

gimcrack in czech

Dictionary:
czech
Translations:
hračka

gimcrack in polish

Dictionary:
polish
Translations:
straganowy, szychowy, cacko

gimcrack in ukrainian

Dictionary:
ukrainian
Translations:
мішурний

gimcrack in estonian

Dictionary:
estonian
Translations:
mukitud, labane

gimcrack in croatian

Dictionary:
croatian
Translations:
stvarčica

gimcrack in romanian

Dictionary:
romanian
Translations:
ţipător

gimcrack in slovak

Dictionary:
slovak
Translations:
chatrný

The meaning and "use of": gimcrack

noun
  • a cheap and showy ornament; a knickknack. - There's nothing you can do to change the little ones' minds about the gewgaws and gimcracks they expect to find beneath the tree - or to stop your in-laws' annual onslaught, for that matter.
adjective
  • flimsy or poorly made but deceptively attractive. - plastic gimcrack cookware

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