Vocabulary
Gimmick
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or trade.
Urdu meaning
تدبیر، منصوبہ، ترکیب،
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- A wellthought-out strategy is needed to address this gap, or EVs will continue to seem like a gimmick to most people.
- One can only hope that such demands stem from a genuine effort to improve the examination system rather than serving as another political gimmick.
- One can only hope that such demands stem from a genuine effort to improve the examination system rather than serving as another political gimmick.
- The very notion reduces the gravity of hunger strikes to a gimmick designed more for social media likes than for instigating actual change.
Synonyms
publicity device, stunt, contrivance, eye-catching novelty, scheme, trick, dodge, ploy,
Antonyms
frankness, honesty, reality
Curator example
“it is not so much a programme to improve services as a gimmick to gain votes”
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