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Brick

noun
/bɹɪk/
Word Frequency: 10.5

Definitions

1.nounA hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
"This wall is made of bricks."
2.nounSuch hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
"This house is made of brick."
3.nounSomething shaped like a brick.
"a plastic explosive brick"
4.nounA helpful and reliable person.
"Thanks for helping me wash the car. You're a brick."
5.nounA 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.
"We can't win if we keep throwing up bricks from three-point land."
6.nounA 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.
7.nounAn electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
8.nounA carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
9.nounA community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.
"The two of clubs was a complete brick on the river."
10.nounThe colour brick red.
11.nounOne kilo of cocaine.
12.verbTo build with bricks.
13.verbTo make into bricks.
14.verbTo hit someone or something with a brick.
15.verbTo make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.
"My VCR was bricked during the lightning storm."
16.adjective(of weather) Extremely cold.

Synonyms

pavedmasonslabmasonrytileplasteringotcartonstonewallblockrock

Antonyms

unbrick

Rhymes With

thicksickprickslickflickstickwickdick
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