Standard Lemma guide

gaud

name · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɔːd/
  • General-American: /ɡɔd/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ɡɑd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔːd
  • homophone: god (cot–caught merger)
  • homophone: gored (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
  • homophone: gourd (non-rhotic, pour–poor merger)

1

name

Meaning 1

Alternative form of Gaur (“ancient Bengali city”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A cheap showy trinket

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

trick; jest; sport

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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4

noun

Meaning 4

deceit; fraud; artifice

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To sport or keep festival.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bangle, bauble, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: adornment

History

Etymology

From Middle English gaude, gawde (“jest, prank, trick; ornamental bead in a rosary, trinket, bauble”). Compare Middle English gaudy, gaudee, of the same meaning.

Compare French gaudir (“to rejoice”).

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: дрънкулка (drǎnkulka) — a cheap showy trinket
  • Czech: tretka — a cheap showy trinket
  • Georgian: სამშვენისი (samšvenisi) — a cheap showy trinket
  • Georgian: ზიზილ-პიპილები (zizil-ṗiṗilebi) — a cheap showy trinket
  • Russian: безделу́шка (bezdelúška) — a cheap showy trinket