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geegaw

US/ˈɡiɡɔ/

geegaw is the alternative form of gewgaw.

Meaning of gewgaw

Noun

gewgaw (plural gewgaws)

  1. A showy trifle, a toy; a showy trinket, ornament or decoration.
    • A heavy gewgaw called a crown.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Tenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […]...

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Forms of geegaw

pluralgeegaws

Questions about geegaw

What is geegaw the alternative form of?
Geegaw is the alternative form of gewgaw.
How do you pronounce geegaw?
Geegaw is pronounced /ˈɡiɡɔ/ (US).

Words near geegaw in the dictionary

  1. geed up
  2. geeds
  3. GeeDubs
  4. geedunk
  5. geedunks
  6. geegaw
  7. geegaws
  8. Geehi
  9. geeing
  10. geeing along
  11. geeing up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: geegaw (page history and authors); gewgaw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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