1. A small, inexpensive, mass-produced article
   "The shelves were filled with colourful gimcracks collected from her travels";
   - knickknack, novelty, knick-knack, nick-nack [rare]

1. Unethical or dishonest
   "gimcrack police officers";
   - dirty, sordid, shoddy
    
2. Poorly made; of inferior quality or workmanship
   "gimcrack homemade furniture";
   - cheapjack [N. Amer, informal], shoddy
    
3. Cheap, showy, and of poor quality
   "gimcrack souvenirs";
   - tawdry, tacky [informal]

Derived forms: gimcracks

See also: bum [informal], cheap, cheesy [informal], chintzy [N. Amer, informal], corrupt, crumby [informal], crummy [informal], haphazard, inferior, janky [US, informal], punk [N. Amer, informal], slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, tacky [informal], tinny [archaic]

Type of: article

Encyclopedia: Gimcrack