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goldbrick definition
goldbrick |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb goldbrick 2 senses of goldbrick Sense 1 swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con => short-change, short Sense 2 shirk, shrink from goldbrick => scrimshank => malinger, skulk => slack Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb goldbrick 2 senses of goldbrick Sense 1 swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con => short-change, short Sense 2 shirk, shrink from goldbrick => scrimshank => malinger, skulk => slack Entailment of verb goldbrick Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb goldbrick 2 senses of goldbrick Sense 1 swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con => cheat, beat rip off chisel Sense 2 shirk, shrink from goldbrick => avoid Familiarity of verb goldbrick goldbrick used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb goldbrick Sense 1 swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con => cheat, beat rip off chisel -------------- Sense 2 shirk, shrink from goldbrick => avoid -------------- Grep of noun goldbrick goldbrick goldbricking Overview of noun goldbrick The noun goldbrick has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. goldbrick -- (a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort) 2. goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, good-for-naught -- (an idle worthless person) 3. goldbrick -- (a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not) 4. goldbrick -- (anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless) Overview of verb goldbrick The verb goldbrick has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, 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") 2. shirk, shrink from goldbrick -- (avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties") Grep of adj goldbrick goldbricking Overview of noun goldbrick The noun goldbrick has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. goldbrick -- (a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort) 2. goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, good-for-naught -- (an idle worthless person) 3. goldbrick -- (a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not) 4. goldbrick -- (anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless) Overview of verb goldbrick The verb goldbrick has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, 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") 2. shirk, shrink from goldbrick -- (avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties")
goldbrick definition
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