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brick

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noun
1.
a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 21/4 × 33/4 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
2.
such blocks collectively.
3.
the material of which such blocks are made.
4.
any block or bar having a similar size and shape: a gold brick; an ice-cream brick.
5.
the length of a brick as a measure of thickness, as of a wall: one and a half bricks thick.
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6.
Informal. an admirably good or generous person.
7.
Informal. an electronic device that has become completely nonfunctional.
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verb (used with object)
8.
to pave, line, wall, fill, or build with brick.
9.
Informal. to cause (an electronic device) to become completely nonfunctional: I bricked my phone while doing the upgrade.

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adjective
10.
made of, constructed with, or resembling bricks.
Idioms
11.
drop a brick, to make a social gaffe or blunder, especially an indiscreet remark.
12.
hit the bricks,
a.
to walk the streets, especially as an unemployed or homeless person.
b.
to go on strike: With contract talks stalled, workers are threatening to hit the bricks.
Also, take to the bricks.
13.
make bricks without straw,
a.
to plan or act on a false premise or unrealistic basis.
b.
to create something that will not last: To form governments without the consent of the people is to make bricks without straw.
c.
to perform a task despite the lack of necessary materials.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English brike < Middle Dutch bricke; akin to break

Related forms
brick·like, brick·ish, adjective
un·bricked, adjective
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Word Origin & History

brick
early 15c., from O.Fr. briche "brick," probably from a Gmc. source akin to M.Du. bricke "a tile," lit. "a broken piece," from the verbal root of break. Meaning "a good fellow" is from 1840. The verb meaning "to wall up with bricks" is from 1640s. Brick wall in the figurative
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sense of "impenetrable barrier" is from 1886.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary

brick definition


  1. n.
    a failed shot (in basketball) that bounces off the rim or backboard. : Chalk up another brick for Michael.
  2. n.
    any failure. : This whole thing is a mess. Whose brick is this anyway?
  3. in.
    to fail. (From sense 1.) : The whole project bricked because we sat on the contract too long.
  4. tv.
    to strike or punch someone. (Streets.) : That dude just bricked a cop!
  5. n.
    a block of marijuana; a kilo of cocaine. (Drugs.) : Man, I can't afford a brick! Gimme a bag. , The police said he was carrying a “brick” of cannabis when arrested.
  6. n.
    a large, brick-shaped, handheld mobile telephone that is a precursor to the modern cellphone. : I still have my old “brick,” but I'd be embarrassed to use it, even if it did still work.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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