» goldbrick
Noun (4 meanings)
1. a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort.
2. an idle worthless person.
goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught
goldbrick is a type of:
- idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum (noun) - person who does no work
goldbrick is derivationally related to:
- good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry (adjective) - without merit
3. a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not.
4. anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless.
goldbrick is a type of:
Domain of synset - USAGE:
- trope, figure of speech, figure, image (noun) - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Verb (2 meanings)
1. deprive of by deceit.
to victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
Examples:
- “He swindled me out of my inheritance”,
- “She defrauded the customers who trusted her”,
- “the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change”
to goldbrick is a way to:
ways to goldbrick:
- to short-change, short (verb) - cheat someone by not returning him enough money
to goldbrick is derivationally related to:
- bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam (noun) - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- exploitation, victimization, victimisation, using (noun) - an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
- scam, cozenage (noun) - a fraudulent business scheme
- swindle, cheat, rig (noun) - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter (noun) - a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
2. avoid (one's assigned duties).
to fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
Example:
- “The derelict soldier shirked his duties”
to goldbrick is a way to:
- to avoid (verb) - refrain from doing something
ways to goldbrick:
- to malinger, skulk (verb) - avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
- to scrimshank (verb) - British military language: avoid work
- to slack (verb) - avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
to goldbrick is derivationally related to:
- shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking (noun) - the evasion of work or duty
- slacker, shirker (noun) - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)