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krääsä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • kitsch noun Art or decoration seen as tacky, overly sentimental, or in poor taste, often enjoyed ironically.
  • swag noun Free promotional items or merchandise handed out at events, or casually, any collection of nice possessions.

Senses

krääsä is used for these senses in English:

  • bric-a-brac Small ornaments and other miscellaneous display items of little value.
  • kitsch Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.
  • swag (Australia, ambitransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket). [From 1850s.]
  • swag To transport stolen goods.
  • swag To transport in the course of arrest.

kitsch — full definition

  1. noun Art or decoration seen as tacky, overly sentimental, or in poor taste, often enjoyed ironically.
  2. adj Deliberately tacky, gaudy, or over-sentimental in style.

swag — full definition

  1. noun Free promotional items or merchandise handed out at events, or casually, any collection of nice possessions.
  2. noun Confident style or flair.
  3. noun A draped loop of fabric used as decoration, or a low, sagging point in land.
  4. verb To sag or droop.

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