gimmick

Other forms of gimmick

plural

gimmicks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gimmick

What does gimmick mean?

gimmick means "a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gimmick?

gimmick has 2 syllables: gim-mick. The stress falls on "gim". In IPA it is /ˈɡɪmɪk/.

What is another word for gimmick?

Close synonyms include catch, doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gizmo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gimmick a common word?

gimmick is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.