From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
gimcrack
adj : 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, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty,
tawdry, trashy]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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