English-Thai Dictionary

gimcrack

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่มี ราคาค่างวด  gaudy sueng-mai-me-ra-ka-ka-nguad

 

gimcrack

N สิ่งประดับ ชิ้น เล็กๆ  ไม่มี ราคาค่างวด  ของ ไร้สาระ  ของ กำมะลอ  gewgaw bauble sing-pra-dab-chin-lek-lek-mai-me-ra-ka-ka-nguad

 

gimcracks

N สิ่ง ที่ ดูดี แต่ ไร้ค่า 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GIMCRACK

n.A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GIMCRACK

Gim "crack `, n. Etym: [OE. , a spruce and pert pretender, also, a spruce girl, prob. fr. gim + crack lad, boaster. ]

 

Defn: A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing. Arbuthnot.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gimcrack

gim crack |ˈjimˌkrak ˈʤɪmˌkræk | ▶adjective flimsy or poorly made but deceptively attractive: plastic gimcrack cookware. ▶noun a cheap and showy ornament; a knickknack. DERIVATIVES gim crack er y |-ˌkrakərē |noun ORIGIN Middle English gibecrake, of unknown origin. Originally a noun, the term denoted some kind of inlaid work in wood, later a fanciful notion or mechanical contrivance, hence a knickknack.

 

Oxford Dictionary

gimcrack

gimcrack |ˈdʒɪmkrak | ▶adjective showy but cheap or badly made. ▶noun a cheap and showy ornament; a knick-knack. DERIVATIVES gimcrackery noun ORIGIN Middle English gibecrake, of unknown origin. Originally a noun, the term denoted some kind of inlaid work in wood, later a fanciful notion or mechanical contrivance, hence a knick-knack.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gimcrack

gimcrack adjective they lived in gimcrack villas you'd be afraid to sneeze in: shoddy, jerry-built, flimsy, insubstantial, thrown together, makeshift; inferior, poor-quality, second-rate, cheap, cheapjack; tawdry, kitsch, kitschy, chintzy, trashy, dime-store; informal tacky, junky, cheapo, schlocky.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gimcrack

gimcrack adjective they lived in gimcrack villas you'd be afraid to sneeze in: shoddy, jerry-built, badly built, flimsy, insubstantial, rickety, ramshackle, thrown together, makeshift, inferior, poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, cheap, cheapjack, tawdry, rubbishy, kitschy, trashy, crude, tinny; informal tacky, tatty, junky; Brit. informal ropy, duff, rubbish, grotty. ANTONYMS sound, solid.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gimcrack

gim crack /dʒɪ́mkræ̀k /形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗名詞 C 安物の (物 ), 見かけ倒しの (物 ).