gimcrack Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun ornamental objects of no great value
    gimcrackery; trumpery; falderol; frill; nonsense; folderal.
  2. adjective satellite tastelessly showy
    garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; tacky; loud; trashy.
    • a flash car
    • a flashy ring
    • garish colors
    • a gaudy costume
    • loud sport shirts
    • a meretricious yet stylish book
    • tawdry ornaments

WordNet

Gim"crack` noun
Etymology
OE., a spruce and pert pretender, also, a spruce girl, prob. fr. gim + crack lad, boaster.
Definitions
  1. A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing. Arbuthnot.

Webster 1913