goldbrick

gold·brick

G0179200 (gōld′brĭk′) Slang n. A person, especially a soldier, who avoids assigned duties or work; a shirker.v. gold·bricked, gold·brick·ing, gold·bricks v.intr. To shirk one's assigned duties or responsibilities.v.tr. To cheat; swindle.

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gold′brick′er n.

goldbrick

(ˈɡəʊldˌbrɪk) vb (intr) to avoid performing work or duties; shirk

gold•brick

(ˈgoʊldˌbrɪk)
Slang. n. 1. Also, gold′brick`er. a person, esp. a soldier, who loafs on the job. v.i. 2. to shirk; loaf. [1850–55]

goldbrick

Past participle: goldbricked
Gerund: goldbricking

Imperative
goldbrick
goldbrick

Present
I goldbrick
you goldbrick
he/she/it goldbricks
we goldbrick
you goldbrick
they goldbrick

Preterite
I goldbricked
you goldbricked
he/she/it goldbricked
we goldbricked
you goldbricked
they goldbricked

Present Continuous
I am goldbricking
you are goldbricking
he/she/it is goldbricking
we are goldbricking
you are goldbricking
they are goldbricking

Present Perfect
I have goldbricked
you have goldbricked
he/she/it has goldbricked
we have goldbricked
you have goldbricked
they have goldbricked

Past Continuous
I was goldbricking
you were goldbricking
he/she/it was goldbricking
we were goldbricking
you were goldbricking
they were goldbricking

Past Perfect
I had goldbricked
you had goldbricked
he/she/it had goldbricked
we had goldbricked
you had goldbricked
they had goldbricked

Future
I will goldbrick
you will goldbrick
he/she/it will goldbrick
we will goldbrick
you will goldbrick
they will goldbrick

Future Perfect
I will have goldbricked
you will have goldbricked
he/she/it will have goldbricked
we will have goldbricked
you will have goldbricked
they will have goldbricked

Future Continuous
I will be goldbricking
you will be goldbricking
he/she/it will be goldbricking
we will be goldbricking
you will be goldbricking
they will be goldbricking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been goldbricking
you have been goldbricking
he/she/it has been goldbricking
we have been goldbricking
you have been goldbricking
they have been goldbricking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been goldbricking
you will have been goldbricking
he/she/it will have been goldbricking
we will have been goldbricking
you will have been goldbricking
they will have been goldbricking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been goldbricking
you had been goldbricking
he/she/it had been goldbricking
we had been goldbricking
you had been goldbricking
they had been goldbricking

Conditional
I would goldbrick
you would goldbrick
he/she/it would goldbrick
we would goldbrick
you would goldbrick
they would goldbrick

Past Conditional
I would have goldbricked
you would have goldbricked
he/she/it would have goldbricked
we would have goldbricked
you would have goldbricked
they would have goldbricked

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	goldbrick - a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effortshirker, slacker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"
	2.	goldbrick - an idle worthless persongood-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-accountdo-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"
	3.	goldbrick - a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is notcube, block - a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
	4.	goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthlessdupery, hoax, put-on, humbug, fraud, fraudulence - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantagefigure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Verb	1.	goldbrick - 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"bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimizeshort, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough moneycheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
	2.	goldbrick - avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"fiddle, shirk, shrink fromavoid - refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"scrimshank - British military language: avoid workmalinger, skulk - avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be illslack - avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

goldbrick

verbSlang. To pass time without working or in avoiding work:bum (around), idle, laze, loaf, loiter, lounge, shirk.Slang: diddle, goof (off).

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