goldbrick

¹gold·brick

noun \ˈgōl(d)-ˌbrik\

Definition of GOLDBRICK

1

a : a worthless brick that appears to be of gold

b : something that appears to be valuable but is actually worthless

2

: a person who shirks assigned work

Examples of GOLDBRICK

1. <the goldbricks among the colonists were warned: no work, no food>

First Known Use of GOLDBRICK

1881

Related to GOLDBRICK

Synonyms

slacker, shirker

Related Words

malingerer; dropout, quitter; drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, slugabed, sluggard; dallier, lingerer, loiterer, lounger, saunterer; dawdler, laggard, putterer, slowpoke

Near Antonyms

live wire, pistol, powerhouse; doer, go-getter, hummer, hustler, rustler, self-starter

Rhymes with GOLDBRICK

airsick, big stick, bluetick, bootlick, boychick, brainsick, broomstick, carsick, Chadwick, chick flick, chopstick, cowlick, crabstick, dabchick, deer tick, detick, dik-dik, dipstick, dog tick, drop-kick, drumstick, ear pick, firebrick, fish stick, flagstick, Fosdick, free kick, frog kick, goal kick, greensick, handpick, hat trick, hayrick, heartsick, homesick, ice pick, joss stick, joystick, lipstick, lovesick, matchstick, muzhik, nightstick, nitpick, nonstick, nutpick, odd trick, oil slick, Old Nick, outslick, peacenik, pigstick, pinprick, placekick, Prestwick, quick kick, redbrick, Renwick, rubric, salt lick, seasick, self-stick, shashlik, sidekick, slapstick, squib kick, Tajik, toothpick, topkick, unpick, unstick, uptick, wood tick, yardstick

²goldbrick

verb

Definition of GOLDBRICK

transitive verb

: swindle

intransitive verb

: to shirk duty or responsibility

First Known Use of GOLDBRICK

1902