1. n. A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
This wall is made of bricks.
2. n. Considered collectively, as a building material.
This house is made of brick.
3. n. Something shaped like a brick.
a plastic explosive brick
4. n. (slang) A helpful and reliable person.
Thanks for helping me wash the car. You're a brick.
5. n. (basketball, slang) 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.
We can't win if we keep throwing up bricks from three-point land.
6. n. (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.
7. n. (technology, slang) An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
8. n. (firearms) A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
9. n. (poker slang) A 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. n. The colour brick red.
All that was left after the fire was the brick chimney.
11. adj. (colloquial, AAVE, New England, of weather) Extremely cold.
12. v. To build with bricks.
13. v. To make into bricks.
14. v. (slang) To hit someone or something with a brick.
15. v. (computing slang) To 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.
building block
building block
1. n. A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
Words are the building blocks of a language.
Cells are the building blocks of life.
2. n. A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure.
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