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- verb Present participle of
gimmick .
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Examples
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May 8th, 2008 8: 38 pm ET the republicans are at it again, political gimmicking. deceiving the people again just like the gas tax holiday.
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Somebody might do it, but it seems like harder work than the online poll gimmicking.
Rabett Run EliRabett 2009
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Less regulation = larger pools of money being involved and more gimmicking practices emerge along with more outright frauds as people begin to try and game the system.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Soros on Principles of Financial Regulation and Efficient Market Hypothesis: 2009
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Movement conservatives seem to have no problem gimmicking markets whenever is necessary to advance those goals.
Archive 2007-02-01 James Killus 2007
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Movement conservatives seem to have no problem gimmicking markets whenever is necessary to advance those goals.
Magic Market Fairy Dust James Killus 2007
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No forcing of the lock, no furtive gimmicking of the security electronics.
Roger MacBride Allen, Roger MacBride 1996
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"There wasn't any gimmicking done," Jeronczyk said.
Hoodwink Pronzini, Bill 1981
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If it did not stop for me, I was going to try gimmicking the damned thing, even though falling off would mean my total ruin.
The Guns of Avalon Zelazny, Roger 1972
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After maybe ten minutes, I succeeded in gimmicking the proper case.
Nine Princes In Amber Zelazny, Roger 1970
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She knew a dozen ways of gimmicking the laser so that it would seem perfectly all right and yet not work properly.
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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