Overview of noun goldbrick

The noun goldbrick has 4 senses

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


• goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught -- (an idle worthless person)


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


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

Overview of verb goldbrick

The verb goldbrick has 2 senses

• 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")


• fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick -- (avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties")