- gimcrack
- gim|crack [ `dʒım,kræk ] adjective MAINLY BRITISHgimcrack objects appear attractive and expensive, but are in fact badly made and of little value
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Gimcrack — (1760 ?) was is an English thoroughbred racehorse sired by Cripple, a son of the Godolphin Arabian.Gimcrack is best known from the paintings by George Stubbs. A small horse at 14.2 hands, Gimcrack was nonetheless widely successful, winning 27 of… … Wikipedia
gimcrack — gim crack , n. [OE., a spruce and pert pretender, also, a spruce girl, prob. fr. gim + crack lad, boaster.] A trivial mechanism; a device. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. A toy; a pretty thing; an ornamental object of no great value. Syn: trinket,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gimcrack — index poor (inferior in quality) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
gimcrack — 1610s, showy person; sense of trifle first recorded 1839; of uncertain origin, perhaps alteration of gibecrake, a kind of ornament on wooden furniture (mid 14c.), perhaps from O.Fr. giber to rattle, shake + M.E. crak sharp noise, crack. In 18c.… … Etymology dictionary
gimcrack — [n] gewgaw bagatelle, bauble, curio, doodad*, knickknack, novelty, souvenir, trinket; concept 446 … New thesaurus
gimcrack — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showy but flimsy or poorly made. ► NOUN ▪ a cheap and showy ornament. DERIVATIVES gimcrackery noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
gimcrack — [jim′krak΄] adj. [altered < ME gibbecrak, an ornament, prob. < gibben, to be erratic (< OFr giber) + crak, a bursting sound] showy but cheap and useless n. a cheap, showy, useless thing … English World dictionary
gimcrack — adjective they lived in gimcrack villas you d be afraid to sneeze in Syn: shoddy, jerry built, flimsy, insubstantial, thrown together, makeshift; inferior, poor quality, second rate, cheap, cheapjack; tawdry, kitsch, kitschy, chintzy, trashy,… … Thesaurus of popular words
gimcrack — UK [ˈdʒɪmˌkræk] / US adjective gimcrack objects appear attractive and expensive, but are in fact badly made and of little value … English dictionary
Gimcrack Stakes — The Gimcrack Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom open to two year old thoroughbred colts and geldings. It is run over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres) at York Racecourse, and it takes place annually during the Ebor… … Wikipedia
