noun. A cheap and showy object of little or no use; a gewgaw.

adjective. Cheap and tasteless; gaudy.

noun. A spruce or pert boy.

noun. A showy, unsubstantial thing; a pretty or fanciful thing; a toy; a gewgaw.

Showy but trivial; fanciful or trumpery.

Also spelled jimcrack.

noun. A trivial mechanism; a device.

noun. A toy; a pretty thing; an ornamental object of no great value.

adjective. Showy but of poor quality; worthless.

noun. Something showy but worthless; a gimmick or bauble.

adjective. tastelessly showy

noun. ornamental objects of no great value

"December 5th, 2007 at 4:33 am oh my…. he’s a very angry man isn’t he? hospitals like the gimcrack are the last places many people live before ending up in a funeral home. all our staff have very black senses of humour. it’s a prerequisite for the job."

tasteless  

gimcrackery  

decoration  ornament  ornamentation  

bauble  dak  frippery  gaud  get  

a continental  a curse  a damn  a darn  a hoot