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gifted adj. talented, able, skilled, capable, skilful, outstanding,
excellent, superior, superb, brilliant, expert, master,
masterful, masterly, virtuoso, first-class, first-rate,
top-drawer, top-flight, good, Colloq top-notch, ace,
crackerjack, crack: Grants are available for gifted, indigent
artists.
gigantic adj. big, large, huge, enormous, massive, giant, colossal,
immense, mammoth, tremendous, stupendous, towering, staggering,
vast, titanic, gargantuan, elephantine, Cyclopean, Herculean,
Brobdingnagian; king-size, extra-large, Colloq jumbo, walloping,
whopping, thumping, thundering, strapping, super-duper, US
humongous: The gigantic tower, reaching to the heavens,
appeared before us.
giggle v. 1 titter, snicker, snigger, chuckle, laugh, chortle, cackle,
twitter: Stop that giggling at the rear of the classroom!
--n. 2 titter, snicker, snigger, chuckle, laugh, chortle,
cackle, twitter: Did I hear a giggle? 3 joke, prank, laugh:
Just for a giggle, we tied his shoelaces together.
gimmick n. 1 device, strategy, stratagem, ploy, trick, ruse, wile,
subterfuge, manoeuvre, artifice, deception, trap, snare, US
hook, Colloq dodge: We need some sort of gimmick to attract
buyers. 2 device, contrivance, gadget, invention, Colloq
contraption, widget, thingumbob or thingumabob or thingamabob,
thingumajig or thingamajig or thingummy, whatchamacallit,
what's-its-name, Brit doodah, US doohickey, doodad, hickey,
whosis, whatsis, dingus, Rube Goldberg (invention), Chiefly US
and Canadian gismo or gizmo: He uses some kind of gimmick to
break into cars.
gingerly adv. 1 warily, cautiously, charily, carefully, delicately,
fastidious, daintily, squeamishly, tentatively, nervously,
cannily, circumspectly, guardedly, watchfully, timidly,
timorously, shyly: Handle that nitroglycerine very gingerly.
--adj. 2 wary, cautious, chary, careful, fastidious, delicate,
dainty, squeamish, tentative, nervous, canny, circumspect,
guarded, watchful, timid, timorous, shy: Note the gingerly way
he handles the nitroglycerine.