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brick

/bɹɪk/

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What does brick mean?

noun

  1. A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
  2. Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
  3. Something shaped like a brick.
More meanings (23)

noun

  1. The colour brick red.
  2. (slang) A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.
  3. (informal) A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male plug and an attached cord terminating in another plug.
  4. (figuratively, slang) An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
  5. (slang) A projectile.
  6. A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
  7. (slang) A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.
  8. A card in a player's hand that is currently unplayable.
  9. (slang) A kilogram of cocaine.
  10. (slang) A reel or short video.
  11. Any member of the species Agrochola circellaris of moths of Europe and Asia Minor.
  12. A brick phone.
  13. (dated, slang) A helpful and reliable person.
  14. (derogatory, offensive) A trans woman who does not pass.

verb

  1. To build, line, or form with bricks.
  2. To make into bricks.
  3. (slang) To hit someone or something with a brick.
  4. (slang) To make (an electronic device) non-functional and usually beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.
  5. (slang) Of an electronic device, to become non-functional, especially in a way beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.
  6. (slang) To blunder; to screw up.

adjective

  1. Extremely cold.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, named after Joseph Brick.
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IPA pronunciation

/bɹɪk/

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“Our Dickon can make a flower grow out of a brick walk. Mother says he just whispers things out o’ th’ ground.”
Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Secret GardenProject Gutenberg ebook #113
On leaning over, the eye is lost in a deep cylinder of brick which is filled with a heaped-up mass of shadows.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
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The waiting-room was the hall, a long, bare room paved with blue brick, and having a seat all round, against the wall.
D. H. (David Herbert) LawrenceSons and LoversProject Gutenberg ebook #217
The necessary powers were accordingly obtained from Parliament, and a bridge was authorized to be built "of cast-iron, stone, brick, or timber."
Samuel SmilesIndustrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool MakersProject Gutenberg ebook #404
The gaol, a strong brick building of two stories, not inferior to a strong redoubt, with some other buildings, commanded the approach.
William Gilmore SimmsThe Life of Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #843