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gimmick

English

  1. 🔊 any clever maneuver
    “he would stoop to any device to win a point”
  2. 🔊 a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
    “it sounds good but what's the catch?”
  3. 🔊 something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
    “she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 truco gimmick, ploy (something designed to fool or swindle)

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