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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
goldbrick
1. a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort • Hypernyms: soldier, slacker, shirker 2. an idle worthless person • Syn: goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught • Derivationally related forms: good-for-naught (for: good-for-naught), good-for-nothing (for: good-for-nothing) • Hypernyms: idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum 3. a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not • Hypernyms: block, cube 4. anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless • Usage Domain: trope, figure of speech, figure, image • Hypernyms: fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on
1. 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 • Syn: victimize, swindle, rook, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con • Derivationally related forms: con (for: con), gyp (for: gyp), scammer (for: scam), scam (for: scam), defrauder (for: defraud), bunco (for: bunco), swindler (for: swindle), swindle (for: swindle), victimization (for: victimize) • Hypernyms: cheat, rip off, chisel • Hyponyms: short-change, short • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Somebody ----s somebody PP 2. avoid (one's assigned duties) - The derelict soldier shirked his duties • Syn: fiddle, shirk, shrink from • Derivationally related forms: goldbricking, shirker (for: shirk), shirking (for: shirk) • Hypernyms: avoid • Hyponyms: scrimshank, malinger, skulk, slack • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s
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