" gimmicks "

 [ "gimmicks" ]

1: Hypodermic needle used to inject illegal drugs.

  * e.g.,  ... I need a new set of gimmicks -- Mine are getting dull. 

 [ "gimmicks" ]

1: garbage disguised as hard work Piggybackers love gimmicks because it helps disguise their piggybacking behaviour. Often, Piggybackers spend more time writing emails (or gimmicks) than actually spending time on the actual work or task at hand. This is how you can identify a piggybacker. Typically, the piggybackers will frustrate the piggybacked with too much gimmicks to the point that the piggybacked will choose to do it himself/herself. Praising is a critical weapon in the piggybackers arsenal. Piggybacking and gimmicks are synonymous -- one cannot exist without another.

  * e.g.,  ... Piggybacker A: Have you done your part for the report and presentation? Piggybacker B: Yea, I have done it under a hour -- it is plain gimmicks. Piggybacked: Can you get me some tibits and a coke? Piggybacker A and B: Sure! *Comes back with green tea instead of coke* Piggybacked: I wanted coke! Piggybacker A and B: We are concerned about your health! Piggybacker A and B: I like your laptop very, very much! Piggybacked: Really? It is a very old laptop! 

 [ "gimmicks" ]

1: Hypodermic needle used to inject illegal drugs.

  * e.g.,  ... I need a new set of gimmicks -- Mine are getting dull. 

 [ "Gimmick" ]

1: A method of gaining customers or attracting attention by accentuating a certain trait/quality.

  * e.g.,  ... Many Southern car dealerships use honesty as a gimmick, insisting that they are "not one of those big-city dealerships". 

 [ "Gimmick" ]

1: noun

  * e.g.,  ... The local bike shops held night rides a reliable gimmick to attract new business. 

 [ "Gimmick" ]

2: a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or business.

 [ "Gimmick" ]

3: synonyms: publicity stunt, contrivance, scheme, stratagem, ploy; informal shtick

 [ "Gimmick" ]

1: a special feature for the sake of having a special feature

  * e.g.,  ... The SIXAXIS controller is a gimmick 

 [ "Gimmick" ]

1: n. A shiny seductive finish applied to a big pile of bull shit.A ploy geared to make you believe something of an untrue nature.

  * e.g.,  ... The Glazzel from Tony is one big freaking Gimmick. 

 [ "gimmick" ]

1: In professional wrestling, a distinctive, sometimes stereotypical persona that a wrestler will take on to make him or her more interesting to the public, in either a positive or negative fashion. In life, a distinctive, sometimes stereotypical persona that a person will take on to make him or herself more interesting to the public, in either a positive or negative fashion.

  * e.g.,  ... The Undertaker's gimmick is that of a 'dead man' with mystical powers, a long trench coat and an ominous, dark appearance. That girl's gimmick is that of a trendy new york city bitch who describes herself on facebook in one or two word sentences, wears scarves year round, listens to bands you wouldn't expect her to listen to, and pretends to like tea and cupcakes more than she actually fucking does. 

 [ "gimmick" ]

1: Drug injection equipment.

  * e.g.,  ... G-berg and Georgie let their gimmicks go rotten / So they died of hepatitis in upper Manhattan (Jim Carroll) 

 [ "Gimmick" ]

1: An alias designed for trolling

  * e.g.,  ... GGFan is my gimmick.