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"gaud" Definition

  1. n. Trick; jest; sport.
  2. n. Deceit; fraud; artifice; device.
  3. n. An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket.
  4. n. To sport or keep festival.
  5. v. t. To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint.

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Position in dictionary: 41201 of 111710 words.
Word Type: n., n., n., n., v. t.,
Words that start with "gaud": 13
Words that end with "gaud": 1
Words that contain "gaud": 13
Next words in dictionary: gaud-day, gauded, gaudery, gaudful, gaudies
Previous words in dictionary: gauchos, gaucho, gaucherie, gauche, gatten tree

English Dictionary Definition of gaud

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