gaudy
       adj 1: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
              colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
              meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
              [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish,
              gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty,
              tawdry, trashy]
       2: (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
          [syn: flashy, jazzy, showy, sporty]
       n : a celebratory feast held annually at one of the colleges in
           a British university
       [also: gaudiest, gaudier]