gimmick | (noun) any clever maneuver | Synonyms: device, twist |
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(noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
(noun) a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident | Synonyms: catch |
gimmickry | (noun) a collection of gimmicks | - |
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immigrant | (noun) a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there | - |
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immigration | (noun) migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) | Synonyms: in-migration |
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(noun) the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval | - |
imminence | (noun) the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon | Synonyms: forthcomingness, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency |
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imminency | (noun) the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon | Synonyms: forthcomingness, imminence, imminentness, impendence, impendency |
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imminentness | (noun) the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon | Synonyms: forthcomingness, imminence, imminency, impendence, impendency |
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jimmies | (noun) bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream | Synonyms: sprinkles |
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skimming | (noun) the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid | - |
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(noun) failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it | - |
(noun) the act of brushing against while passing | Synonyms: grazing, shaving |
(noun) reading or glancing through quickly | Synonyms: skim |
swimming | (noun) the act of swimming | Synonyms: swim |
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trimming | (noun) the act of adding decoration | - |
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(noun) cutting down to the desired size or shape | Synonyms: clipping, trim |
(noun) a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment | Synonyms: passementerie, trim |
trimmings | (noun) the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity) | Synonyms: fixings |
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