'gimcrack' definitions:

Definition of 'gimcrack'

adjective

Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy]

noun

Ornamental objects of no great value [syn: folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery]

From: GCIDE

gimcrack \gim"crack`\, n. [OE., a spruce and pert pretender, also, a spruce girl, prob. fr. gim + crack lad, boaster.] A trivial mechanism; a device. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
2. A toy; a pretty thing; an ornamental object of no great value.
Syn: trinket, gewgaw, knickknack, tchotchke. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] gimcrackery