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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder 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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