goldbrick English

Meaning goldbrick meaning

What does goldbrick mean?

goldbrick

— noun an idle worthless person

— noun a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

— noun anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

— noun a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not

— verb (= swindle, defraud, gyp) 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

— verb (= shirk) avoid (one's assigned duties) The derelict soldier shirked his duties

Synonyms goldbrick synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as goldbrick?

goldbrick English » English

short-change

rook

no-account

ne’er-do-well

mulct

gyp

goof-off

good-for-nothing

good-for-naught

gip

fiddle

victimize

swindle

shrink from

shirk

shark

scam

nobble

hornswoggle

diddle

defraud

cut

con

bunco

whipsaw

welsher

welcher

weasel

utterer

two-timer

truant

trick

take in

swindler

spiv

shirker

sharpy

shammer

screw

scammer

sandbagger

ringer

play tricks

play hooky

phony

malinger

loafer

layabout

imposter

impersonator