Gimmick and Sketch

Gimmick

Gimmick noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Sketch and gimmick are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sketch" instead a noun "Gimmick".

Nearby Words: gimmicky, gimmickry

Sketch noun - A picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene.

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Gimmick and sketch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gimmick" instead a noun "Sketch".

Nearby Words: sketchy, sketched, sketching

old	old gimmick	old sketch
long	long gimmick	long sketch
particular	particular gimmick	particular sketch
similar	similar gimmick	similar sketch
Other adjectives: original, initial, single, popular, actual, entire, horrible, famous, new, early, silly, short-lived, occasional, different, recurring, previous.

On the British animated sketch show Planet Sketch there was a character named June Spume whose gimmick was that she could transform her body parts into musical instruments and play them.

Source: Chuck Cunningham Syndrome / Western Animation
This gimmick is used over and over again in the Monty Python's Flying Circus "Confuse-A-Cat" sketch.

Source: Stop Trick
The gimmick of the sketch is that Conan is unaware of what Mike thinks about him, but in this instance he called him out on it: Conan: "Decaying porcelain doll"?

Source: Series / The Tonight Show

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