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- Dictionarygold brick/ˌɡəʊld ˈbrɪk/
noun
- 1. a thing that looks valuable, but is in fact worthless.
- 2. a lazy person.
verb
- 1. invent excuses to avoid a task; shirk: "he wasn't goldbricking; he was really sick"
- 2. swindle (someone): "look out they don't goldbrick you"
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a worthless brick that appears to be of gold; something that appears to be valuable but is actually worthless; a person who shirks assigned work… See the full definition
Examples of gold brick. The public will be left with the most monumental gold brick, in the shape of these unsaleable industries. You might buy yourself a gold brick out of what's left and not be much poorer. If they are as simple-minded as that, they will fall for the gold brick story next.
Goldbrick definition: a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.. See examples of GOLDBRICK used in a sentence.
(Definition of gold brick from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of gold brick. gold brick. How do we know that the avouching unknown could not have been sold a gold brick? From Project Gutenberg.
In early 1900s, used to refer to an unattractive young woman – not pretty, nor able to talk or dance (attested 1903), thence to refer to incompetent enlisted troops at the start of World War I, reinforced by the rank insignia of second lieutenants, which was a gold rectangle. From Wiktionary.
Definition of goldbrick verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. 1. Informal. a worthless metal bar gilded and sold as solid gold in a swindle. 2. Informal. anything worthless passed off as genuine or valuable. 3. Slang Mil. a person who tries to avoid work; shirker; loafer. : also ˈgoldˌbricker. verb intransitive. 4. Slang Mil. to shirk a duty or avoid work; loaf.
