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Meaning
Noun
●
A
hardened
rectangular
block
of
mud
,
clay
etc; used for building.
●
Such
hardened
mud
,
clay
, etc. considered
collectively
, as a
building
material.
●
Something
shaped
like a brick.
●
A
helpful
and
reliable
person.
●
In Basketball:
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.
●
A
power brick
; an
external
power supply
consisting of
a small
box
with an
integral
male
power
plug
and an
attached
electric
cord
terminating
in another power
plug
.
●
In Computing:
An
electronic
device
, especially a
heavy
box-shaped one, that has become
non-functional
or obsolete.
●
In British English:
A projectile.
●
In Firearms:
A
carton
of 500
rimfire
cartridges
, which
forms
the
approximate
size
and
shape
of a brick.
●
In Poker:
A
community card
(usually the
turn
or the
river
) which does not improve a player's hand.
●
In Bricks & Ultimate:
The
colour
brick
red.
●
A
kilogram
of cocaine.
Adj
●
In African-American Vernacular English, New England English & New York English:
Extremely cold.
Verb
●
To
build
,
line
, or form with bricks.
●
To
make into
bricks.
●
To
hit
someone
or something
with a brick.
●
In Computing:
To make an
electronic
device
nonfunctional
and usually beyond
repair
,
essentially
making it
no more
useful
than a brick.
●
In Computing:
To become
nonfunctional
, especially
in a way
beyond repair.
●
To
blunder
; to
screw
up.
Name
●
A surname.
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Origin
brick
English
brique
French
Sourced from
Etym
Antonyms
Unbrick
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