The Meaning of goldbrick

• (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
• (noun) an idle worthless person
• (noun) a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
• (verb) avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
• (verb) 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"

Synonyms

goof-off , ne'er-do-well , good-for-nothing , no-account , good-for-naught , victimize , swindle , rook , nobble , diddle , bunco , defraud , scam , mulct , gyp , gip , hornswoggle , short-change , con , fiddle , shirk , shrink from

Homophones

gold-brick

Rhymes

goldbrick