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English noun: goldbrick | |||
| 1. | goldbrick (person) a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | shirker, slacker, soldier | ||
| 2. | goldbrick (person) an idle worthless person | ||
| Synonyms | good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer | ||
| 3. | goldbrick (artifact) a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | block, cube | ||
| 4. | goldbrick (act) anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on | ||
| Domain usage | figure, figure of speech, image, trope | ||
English verb: goldbrick | |||
| 1. | goldbrick (social) deprive of by deceit | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cheat, chisel, rip off | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | short, short-change | ||
| 2. | goldbrick (social) avoid (one's assigned duties) | ||
| Samples | The derelict soldier shirked his duties. | ||
| Synonyms | fiddle, shirk, shrink from | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | avoid | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | malinger, scrimshank, skulk, slack | ||
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