goldbrick

🇺🇸 /ˈɡəʊldbrɪk/ 🇬🇧 /ˈɡəʊldbrɪk/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to avoid doing work, especially by pretending to be sick or busy

Instead of working, he was goldbricking and taking a nap.

translation

v. to avoid doing work, especially by pretending to be sick or busy

Word Forms

3rd Present goldbricks
Past goldbricked
Perfect goldbricked
Progressive goldbricking