Goldbrick
Related Definitions
[n] anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
[n] a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
[n] an idle worthless person
[n] a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
[v] avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
[v] 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
bunco, con, defraud, diddle, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, gyp, mulct, ne'er-do-well, nobble, rook, scam, shirk, shrink from, swindle, victimize
Related Terms
abandon, boiler room, bucket shop, bum, bunco game, bungler, clock watcher, con game, confidence game, cut, dallier, dawdle, dawdler, diddler, dillydallier, disregarder, dodge, dodger, dog it, dolittle, do-nothing, doodler, drone, duck, duck duty, eye-ser