Brickname

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  A surname.

• 2

  A township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, named after Joseph Brick.

bricknoun/ˈbɹɪk/

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  A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

  • This wall is made of bricks.
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  Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.

  • This house is made of brick.
  • They gather one by one, trickling into the shady courtyard, the familiar hum of Mass. Ave. wafting in from behind brick buildings and iron gates.
• 3

  Something shaped like a brick.

  • a plastic explosive brick
• 4

  The colour brick red.

  • The handyman considered the question and I knew she had a brick of ground beans in her bag but was considering whether the beds and a hot drink was worth a brick of coffee.
  • He disentangled himself from the safe door and delved inside. He brought out a brick of banknotes.
• 5

  datedslangA helpful and reliable person.

  • Thanks for helping me wash the car. You’re a brick.
  • “It's easy to see you're a brick!” replied Lady Augusta, and the laugh again became general.
• 6

  slangball-gamesbasketballgamesA 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.

  • See also: put up a brick
  • We can't win if we keep throwing up bricks from three-point land.
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  informalA power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male plug and an attached cord terminating in another plug.

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  slangcomputingengineeringmathematicsAn electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.

brickverb/ˈbɹɪk/

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  To build, line, or form with bricks.

  • to be bricked alive (as a form of capital punishment)
  • If the ground is strong right up to the surface, a few yards are usually sunk and bricked before the engines and pit top are erected
• 2

  To make into bricks.

  • The plant, which is here described, for bricking fine ores and flue dust, was designed and the plans produced in the engineering department of the Selby smelter.
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  slangTo hit someone or something with a brick.

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  slangcomputingengineeringmathematicsTo make (an electronic device) non-functional and usually beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.

  • My VCR was bricked during the lightning storm.
  • Just need to project against users from deleting NK.BIN and bricking the device.
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  slangcomputingengineeringmathematicsOf an electronic device, to become non-functional, especially in a way beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.

  • My phone bricked halfway through the videoconference.
• 6

  slangTo blunder; to screw up.

brickadj/ˈbɹɪk/

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  Extremely cold.

  • And while the tropics are definitely the place to be when it's brick outside, rocking a snorkel on the beach only works when you're snorkeling.
  • He was always hanging tight with me and since he had access to a ride . . . it made traveling easier. I mean it was no biggie brain buster to take the train, but when it's brick outside . . . fuck the A train.