English to Afrikaans Meaning of gimcrack - prullig

Gimcrack :

prullig

noun

kans en eindig, Bibelot, zotskolf, Bagatelle, prullig, dingetjie

Gimcrack :: prulligGimcracks :: gimcracks

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Definitions of gimcrack in English

Noun(1) ornamental objects of no great value
Adjective(1) tastelessly showy

Examples of gimcrack in English

(1) At a time when most automakers are shoehorning every new gimcrack gadget they can into their concept cars, leave it to the stolid Swedes at Volvo to get back to basics.(2) A ├ö├ç├┐Whatsit,├ö├ç├û as you probably know, is defined as a gadget, tool, gimcrack , or gimmick whose purpose is not immediately apparent (to the uninitiated).(3) Gimmicks and panacea - like glittery gimcrack lures for fishermen - are widely available and equally useless.(4) There's nothing you can do to change the little ones' minds about the gewgaws and gimcracks they expect to find beneath the tree - or to stop your in-laws' annual onslaught, for that matter.(5) The walls were hung with utensils for field and kitchen, and the shelves were stocked with old-fashioned hand tools and cooking gimcracks .(6) He was driving some sissy little Japanese car with odd little tires and wheels and a bunch of ugly gewgaws and gimcracks bolted on.(7) As soon as they arrive, Amelia excitedly shows Rebecca ├ö├ç├┐over every room of the house, and everything in every one of her drawers; and her books, and her piano, and her dresses, and all her necklaces, brooches, laces, and gimcracks '.

(1) gilt-edged ::

prima-rand

(2) gilt-head bream ::

prima-kop brasem

Synonyms

Noun

1. nonsense ::

nonsens

4. frill ::

valletjie

6. trumpery ::

vodderij

Adjective

7. shoddy ::

shoddy

8. jerry-built ::

Jerry-gebou

9. flimsy ::

swak

10. insubstantial ::

bedruk

11. thrown together ::

saamgegooi

12. makeshift ::

tydelike

13. inferior ::

minderwaardige

14. poor-quality ::

swak gehalte

15. second-rate ::

tweede-koers

16. cheap ::

goedkoop

17. cheapjack ::

cheapjack

18. tawdry ::

opgedirkt

19. kitsch ::

kitsch

21. chintzy ::

chintzy

22. trashy ::

waardeloos

23. dime-store ::

goedkoop winkel

24. tacky ::

onhandig

26. cheapo ::

Cheapo

28. low-rent ::

lae-huur

Different Forms

gimcrack, gimcracks

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