gimcracks

[US]/'dʒɪmkræk/
[UK]/'dʒɪm'kræk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. showy but worthless; inexpensive

n. a trinket; a showy but worthless object

Example Sentences

And all of a sudden, that gimcrack knocks my window and decidedly came to pick me up without even telling me.

The gimcrack, slipshod, ecologically disastrous building developments in Northern Cyprus may last just 10 years, all things being well.

"Ligeia", which Poe thought his best grotesque story, is now, for most readers, a jumble of morbid self-pity, diabolism, and gimcrack Gothicism.

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