English-Spanish translations for gimmick

• estratagema
• truco
  Estos trucos políticos son fáciles de identificar, pero ello no los convierte en aceptables. These political gimmicks are easy to spot but this does not make them acceptable.
  Por eso, a principio de 2000 más del 50 % de los aparatos pertenecían a la categoría A. Luego vinieron con el truco de las categorías A+ y A++. Consequently, at the beginning of 2000 more than 50% of all appliances were in category A. Then they came up with the gimmick of A+ and A++.

Definition of gimmick

• A trick or device used to attain some end
• A clever ploy or strategy
• A gimmick capacitor
• To rig or set up with a trick or device

Examples

• The box had a gimmick to make the coin appear to vanish.
• The contest was a gimmick to get people to sign up for their mailing list.
• The magicians box was gimmicked with a wire that made it appear to open on its own.

Related words

• gimmicky
• Magigimmix
• gimme a five
• gimmer lamb