ALL meanings of brick
brick
B b - variable noun brick Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown. Brick is the material made up of these blocks. 3
- singular noun brick If you say that someone is a brick, you mean that they have helped you or supported you when you were in a difficult situation. 3
- noun brick a rectangular block of clay mixed with sand and fired in a kiln or baked by the sun, used in building construction 3
- noun brick (as modifier) 3
- noun brick the material used to make such blocks 3
- noun brick any rectangular block 3
- noun brick bricks collectively 3
- noun brick a reliable, trustworthy, or helpful person 3
- noun brick a child's building block 3
- verb brick to construct, line, pave, fill, or wall up with bricks 3
- verb brick to attack (a person) with a brick or bricks 3
- noun brick urban township in E N.J.: pop. 76,000 3
- noun brick a substance made from clay molded into oblong blocks and fired in a kiln or baked in the sun, used in building, paving, etc. 3
- noun brick one of these blocks, of any of various standard sizes 3
- noun brick anything shaped like a brick 3
- noun brick a fine person 3
- adjective brick built or paved with brick 3
- adjective brick like brick 3
- verb transitive brick to face, pave, etc. with brick 3
- idioms brick hit the bricks, to walk the streets, especially as an unemployed or homeless person. to go on strike: With contract talks stalled, workers are threatening to hit the bricks. Also, take to the bricks. 1
- idioms brick make bricks without straw, to plan or act on a false premise or unrealistic basis. to create something that will not last: To form governments without the consent of the people is to make bricks without straw. to perform a task despite the lack of necessary materials. 1
- noun brick block for construction 1
- noun brick material: bricks 1
- noun brick made of bricks 1
- noun brick good person 1
- noun brick block of rectangular shape 1
- noun brick child's toy block 1
- noun brick 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 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color. 1
- noun brick such blocks collectively. 1
- noun brick the material of which such blocks are made. 1
- noun brick any block or bar having a similar size and shape: a gold brick; an ice-cream brick. 1
- noun brick the length of a brick as a measure of thickness, as of a wall: one and a half bricks thick. 1
- noun brick Informal. an admirably good or generous person. 1
- noun brick Informal. an electronic device that has become completely nonfunctional. 1
- verb with object brick to pave, line, wall, fill, or build with brick. 1
- verb with object brick Informal. to cause (an electronic device) to become completely nonfunctional: I bricked my phone while doing the upgrade. 1
- adjective brick made of, constructed with, or resembling bricks. 1
- idioms brick drop a brick, to make a social gaffe or blunder, especially an indiscreet remark. 1
- noun brick (Countable Noun) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building. 0
- noun brick (Uncountable Noun) Considered collectively, as a building material. 0
- noun brick (Countable Noun) Something shaped like a brick. 0
- noun brick (dated) A helpful and reliable person. 0
- noun brick (Slang) (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. 0
- noun brick (Informal) 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. 0
- noun brick (Slang) (technology) An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete. 0
- noun brick (firearms) a carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick. 0
- noun brick (poker slang) A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand. 0
- verb brick To build with bricks. 0
- verb brick To make into bricks. 0
- verb brick (Slang) To hit someone or something with a brick. 0