gimmicky
pronunciation
How to pronounce gimmicky in British English:
UK ['ɡɪmɪkɪ]
How to pronounce gimmicky in American English:
US ['ɡɪmɪkɪ]
Word Origin
- gimmicky (adj.)
- 1948, from gimmick + -y (2).
Example
- 1. The production was rather gimmicky .
- 2. Some gestures are small and gimmicky .
- 3. A gimmicky or imbalanced team relies on one powerful tactic to win .
- 4. There are only two things riskier than being innovative : being gimmicky and doing nothing .
- 5. Unlike some of the other plans floating about , and there are scads of them , his didn 't propose gimmicky new revenue-raising schemes like a national sales tax .