knickknack

knickknack
Synonyms and related words:
a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, agate, bagatelle, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, blocks, brass farthing, bric-a-brac, button, cent, checkerboard, chessboard, club, cockhorse, cosmetics, cricket bat, cue, curio, dido, doll, doll carriage, farce, farthing, feather, fig, fleabite, folderol, fribble, frippery, gaud, gewgaw, giftware, gimcrack, golf club, hair, halfpenny, hill of beans, hobbyhorse, jack-in-the-box, jacks, jackstones, jackstraws, jest, joke, kickshaw, knack, knickknackery, knickknacks, marble, marionette, mig, miniature, minikin, mockery, molehill, notion, notions, novelties, novelty, odds and ends, paper doll, peppercorn, picayune, pick-up sticks, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pinwheel, plaything, pretty-pretty, puppet, racket, rag doll, rap, red cent, rocking horse, row of pins, rush, shit, snap, sneeshing, sou, souvenir, sport, steelie, straw, sundries, taw, teetotum, toilet goods, toiletries, top, toy, toy soldier, trifle, trinket, triviality, trumpery, tuppence, two cents, twopence, virtu, whatnot, whim-wham

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Knickknack — Knick knack , n. [See {Knack}.] A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw; a tchotchke. [1913 Webster +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • knickknack — [n] trinket; decorative piece bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, bric a brac, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, device, embellishment, flummery, frill, furbelow, gadget*, miniature, notion, novelty, objet d’art, ornament, plaything*, showpiece,… …   New thesaurus

  • knickknack — [nik′nak΄] n. [redupl. of KNACK] a small ornamental article or contrivance; gimcrack; trinket …   English World dictionary

  • Knickknack (comics) — Superherobox| caption= comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Knickknack real name=Nicholas Grossman species= publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Captain America #317 (May 1986) creators=Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary alliance… …   Wikipedia

  • knickknack — also nicknack noun Etymology: reduplication of knack Date: 1682 a small trivial article usually intended for ornament …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • knickknack — knickknacked, adj. knickknacky, adj. /nik nak /, n. an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric a brac. Also, nicknack. [1610 20; gradational compound based on KNACK in obs. sense toy ] * * * …   Universalium

  • knickknack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bric a brac, trifle, trinket, gewgaw. See ornament, unimportance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ornament, curio, gewgaw, gimcrack, objet d art (French), conversation piece, bric a brac, curiosity, bibelot,… …   English dictionary for students

  • knickknack — knick|knack [ nık,næk ] noun count a small inexpensive object used as a decoration: a collection of knick knacks …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • knickknack — n. decorative object, ornament …   English contemporary dictionary

  • knickknack — noun it s no fun dusting all her knickknacks Syn: trinket, novelty, gewgaw, bibelot, ornament, trifle, bauble, gimcrack, curio, tchotchke; memento, souvenir, kickshaw; archaic gaud …   Thesaurus of popular words

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