goldbricker

gold·brick

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gohld-brik for 1, 2; gohld-brik for 3–5]
- /ˈgoʊldˈbrɪk for 1, 2; ˈgoʊldˌbrɪk for 3–5 /

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gohld-brik for 1, 2; gohld-brik for 3–5]
- /ˈgoʊldˈbrɪk for 1, 2; ˈgoʊldˌbrɪk for 3–5 /

Definitions of goldbricker word

noun goldbricker Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler. 1
noun goldbricker Informal. anything supposed to be valuable but which turns out to be worthless. 1
noun goldbricker Also, goldbricker. Slang. a person, especially a soldier, who shirks responsibility or performs duties without proper effort or care. 1
verb without object goldbricker to shirk responsibility or perform halfheartedly; loaf. 1
verb with object goldbricker to swindle; cheat. 1
noun goldbricker (US, informal) A lazy person; an idler. 1

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Origin of goldbricker

First appearance:

before 1850

One of the 32% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1850-55; gold + brick

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Parts of speech for Goldbricker

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Goldbricker

goldbricker popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for goldbricker

noun goldbricker

deserter — A deserter is someone who leaves their job in the armed forces without permission.
dropout — an act or instance of dropping out.
goldbrick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
wimp — any of a group of weakly interacting elementary particles predicted by various unified field theories, as the W particle and Z-zero particle, that are characterized by relatively large masses.
slacker — a slack condition or part.

All 13 Synonyms of goldbricker