Definitions for goldbrick

Overview of noun goldbrick

The noun goldbrick has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. goldbrick

(a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort)

2. goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught

(an idle worthless person)

3. goldbrick

(a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not)

4. goldbrick

(anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless)

Overview of verb goldbrick

The verb goldbrick has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con

(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")

2. fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick

(avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties")