goldbrick

gold·brick

 (gōld′brĭk′) Slang

n.

A person, especially a soldier, who avoids assigned duties or work; a shirker.

v. gold·bricked, gold·brick·ing, gold·bricks

v.intr.

To shirk one's assigned duties or responsibilities.

v.tr.

To cheat; swindle.

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gold′brick′er n.

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goldbrick

(ˈɡəʊldˌbrɪk)

vb (intr)

to avoid performing work or duties; shirk

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gold•brick

(ˈgoʊldˌbrɪk)
Slang. n.

1. Also, gold′brick`er. a person, esp. a soldier, who loafs on the job.

v.i.

2. to shirk; loaf.

[1850–55]

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goldbrick

Past participle: goldbricked
Gerund: goldbricking

Imperative

goldbrick

goldbrick

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	goldbrick - a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort shirker, slacker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"
	2.	goldbrick - an idle worthless person good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"
	3.	goldbrick - a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not cube, block - a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
	4.	goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless dupery, hoax, put-on, humbug, fraud, fraudulence - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Verb	1.	goldbrick - deprive of by deceit; "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" bunco, con, defraud, diddle, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimize short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
	2.	goldbrick - avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" fiddle, shirk, shrink from avoid - refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories" scrimshank - British military language: avoid work malinger, skulk - avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill slack - avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

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goldbrick

verb

Slang. To pass time without working or in avoiding work:

bum (around), idle, laze, loaf, loiter, lounge, shirk.

Slang: diddle, goof (off).

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Translations

goldbrick

[ˈgəʊldˈbrɪk] (US)

A. N

1. (= worthless thing) → timo m

2. (Mil) (= shirker) → gandul m

B. VI → escurrir el bulto

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