Gimmick — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident

something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡɹˈɪpətˌɑːksɪn/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡˈɪmɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡˈɪmɪk/

2 syllables Say it as /ɡɹˈɪpətˌɑːksɪn/.

Examples

it sounds good but what's the catch?
she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket
there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

doohickey thingumabob thingamabob whatchamacallum gismo thingamajig doojigger whatsis thingumajig thingummy whatchamacallit gizmo thingmabob gubbins widget twist thingmajig device doodad catch

Parts of Speech

noun	a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident “it sounds good but what's the catch?”
noun	something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known “she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket”
noun	any clever maneuver “he would stoop to any device to win a point”

Word Forms

catchy

adjective

having concealed difficulty

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Spielerei

ein Nachteil oder eine Schwierigkeit, die nicht ohne weiteres erkennbar ist

🇫🇷French

truc

un inconvénient ou une difficulté qui n’est pas facilement évident

🇪🇸Spanish

truco

un inconveniente o dificultad que no es fácilmente evidente

🇮🇹Italian

trovata

uno svantaggio o una difficoltà che non è immediatamente evidente

🇵🇹Portuguese

truque

uma desvantagem ou dificuldade que não é facilmente evidente

🇷🇺Russian

трюк

недостаток или трудность, которые не очевидны

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नौटंकी

कोई कमी या कठिनाई जो आसानी से स्पष्ट न हो

🇧🇩Bengali

গিমিক

একটি ত্রুটি বা অসুবিধা যা সহজে স্পষ্ট নয়

🇮🇳Tamil

வித்தை

ஒரு குறைபாடு அல்லது சிரமம் உடனடியாகத் தெரியவில்லை

🇮🇳Telugu

జిమ్మిక్కు

తక్షణమే స్పష్టంగా కనిపించని లోపం లేదా కష్టం

🇮🇳Marathi

नौटंकी

एक कमतरता किंवा अडचण जी सहजपणे स्पष्ट होत नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખેલ

એક ખામી અથવા મુશ્કેલી જે સહેલાઈથી દેખાતી નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗಿಮಿಕ್

ಒಂದು ನ್ಯೂನತೆ ಅಥವಾ ತೊಂದರೆ ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿಲ್ಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗിമ്മിക്ക്

പെട്ടെന്ന് പ്രകടമാകാത്ത ഒരു പോരായ്മ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ബുദ്ധിമുട്ട്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨੌਟੰਕੀ

ਇੱਕ ਕਮੀ ਜਾਂ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਜੋ ਆਸਾਨੀ ਨਾਲ ਸਪੱਸ਼ਟ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

چال

ایک خرابی یا مشکل جو آسانی سے واضح نہیں ہوتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

手法

不明显的缺点或困难

🇯🇵Japanese

ギミック

すぐには明らかではない欠点または困難

🇰🇷Korean

눈속임

쉽게 드러나지 않는 단점이나 어려움

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mánh lới quảng cáo

một nhược điểm hoặc khó khăn không dễ thấy

🇹🇭Thai

กลไก

ข้อเสียเปรียบหรือความยากลำบากที่ไม่ชัดเจน

🇵🇭Filipino

gimik

isang sagabal o kahirapan na hindi madaling makita

🇲🇾Malay

gimik

kelemahan atau kesukaran yang tidak dapat dilihat dengan mudah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

وسيلة للتحايل

عيب أو صعوبة ليست واضحة بسهولة

🇮🇷Persian

حیله

اشکال یا مشکلی که به راحتی قابل مشاهده نیست

🇹🇷Turkish

hile

kolayca belli olmayan bir dezavantaj veya zorluk

🇮🇱Hebrew

גִימִיק

חיסרון או קושי שאינם ברורים

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