That's a gimmick.
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Gimmick
Synonyms for "gimmick" (244 found)
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66 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- трик noun (trick or a device)
Danish
3 entries- gimmick noun (trick or a device)
- gimmick noun (clever ploy or strategy)
- kneb noun (trick or a device)
Finnish
4 entries- kikka noun (trick or a device)
- kikka noun (clever ploy or strategy)
- konsti noun (trick or a device)
- konsti noun (clever ploy or strategy)
French
4 entries- artifice noun (trick or a device)
- artifice noun (clever ploy or strategy)
- astuce noun (clever ploy or strategy)
- ficelle noun (clever ploy or strategy)
Galician
1 entries- truco noun (trick or a device)
Georgian
4 entries- ეშმაკობა noun (clever ploy or strategy)
- ტრიუკი noun (trick or a device)
- ფანდი noun (trick or a device)
- ფანდი noun (clever ploy or strategy)
German
4 entries- Aufhänger noun (clever ploy or strategy)
- Gag noun (clever ploy or strategy)
- Kniff noun (trick or a device)
- Kunstgriff noun (trick or a device)
Hebrew
1 entries- גימיק noun (clever ploy or strategy)
Hungarian
1 entries- trükk noun (trick or a device)
Italian
3 entries- stratagemma noun (clever ploy or strategy)
- trucco noun (trick or a device)
- truccare verb (to rig or set up with a trick or device)
Japanese
3 entries- ギミック noun (trick or a device)
- 仕掛け noun (trick or a device)
- 絡繰り noun (trick or a device)
Polish
4 entries- bajer noun (trick or a device)
- chwyt noun (clever ploy or strategy)
- gadżet noun (trick or a device)
- myk noun (clever ploy or strategy)
Portuguese
2 entries- artimanha noun (trick or a device)
- estratagema noun (clever ploy or strategy)
Russian
4 entries- трюк noun (trick or a device)
- трюк noun (clever ploy or strategy)
- уло́вка noun (clever ploy or strategy)
- ухищре́ние noun (clever ploy or strategy)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- trik noun (trick or a device)
- štos noun (trick or a device)
Spanish
4 entries- artilugio noun (trick or a device)
- artilugio noun (clever ploy or strategy)
- efectismo noun (trick or a device)
- estratagema noun (clever ploy or strategy)
Swedish
2 entries- gimmick noun (clever ploy or strategy)
- preparera verb (to rig or set up with a trick or device)
Turkish
3 entries- hile noun (trick or a device)
- marifet noun (trick or a device)
- numara noun (trick or a device)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
It's a gimmick.
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It's not a gimmick.
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It isn't a gimmick.
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