goldbrick

n.

A person, especially a soldier, who avoids assigned duties or work; a shirker.

v., -bricked, -brick·ing, -bricks.

v.intr.

To shirk one's assigned duties or responsibilities.

v.tr.

To cheat; swindle.

goldbricker gold'brick'er n.

To shirk one's responsibilities. A person who is goldbricking is not doing what is expected. When goldbricking, one is wasting time.

verb

To pass time without working or in avoiding work: bum¹ (around), idle, laze, loaf, loiter, lounge, shirk. Slang diddle², goof (off). See industrious/lazy.

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The noun has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

Meaning #2: an idle worthless person
  Synonyms: goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, good-for-naught

Meaning #3: a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not

Meaning #4: anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

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The verb goldbrick has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: deprive of by deceit
  Synonyms: victimize, swindle, rook, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con

Meaning #2: avoid (one's assigned duties)
  Synonyms: shirk, shrink from

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - person der lusker sig fra sine pligter
v. intr. - pjække
v. tr. - snyde

Nederlands (Dutch)
zich drukken voor, bezwendelen, nep/namaak iets, lijntrekker

Français (French)
n. - (GB) babiole, (US) tire-au-flanc, barre d'or, (US) affaire en or
v. intr. - se soustraire à, (fig) tirer au flanc
v. tr. - escroquer, tricher

Deutsch (German)
n. - Drückeberger, etwas Unechtes
v. - sich drücken vor

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ψευτόπραγμα, αργόσχολος
v. - λουφάρω

Italiano (Italian)
lingotto, frode, abbindolare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - falsificação (f), dissimulador (m)
v. - evitar (trabalho, dever, responsabilidade)

Русский (Russian)
лодырничать

Español (Spanish)
n. - ladrillo que parece hecho de oro, cosa despreciable pero aparentemente valiosa
v. intr. - escurrir el bulto, holgazanear
v. tr. - estafar, engañar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förfalskning, skolkare (sl.)
v. - förfalska, skolka (sl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
假金砖, 赝品, 懒汉, 称病, 偷懒, 欺诈

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 假金磚, 贗品, 懶漢
v. intr. - 稱病, 偷懶, 欺詐
v. tr. - 欺詐, 偷懶

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가짜 금괴, 위조물, 매력 없는 여자, 근무태만의 병사, 게으름쟁이
v. intr. - 게으름 피우다, 근무를 태만하게 하다
v. tr. - 사기를 치다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - にせ金塊
v. - ごまかす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المتهرب من خدمه او عمل ما (فعل) يتهرب من القيام بعمل ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זיוף, הונאה, תחליף זול לזהב, עצלן‬
v. intr. - ‮השתמט‬
v. tr. - ‮רימה‬

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