Thesaurus: gaud

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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.
6. n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
7. 1. Trick; jest; sport. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. Deceit; fraud; artifice; device. [Obs.] Chaucer. 3. An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket. "An idle gaud." Shak. To sport or keep festival. [Obs.] "Gauding with his familiars. " [Obs.] Sir T. North. To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint. [Obs.] "Nicely gauded cheeks." Shak.
8. To sport or keep festival. [Obs.] "Gauding with his familiars." [Obs.] Sir T. North.
9. n cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing