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 Definitions of brickbat  [ˈbrɪkˌbæt]  

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Definition of 'brickbat' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) brickbat
a piece of broken brick, esp. one used as a missile.

2.  brickbat
an unkind or unfavorable remark.

Etymology:  (1555–65)

Definition of 'brickbat' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) brickbat
a fragment of brick used as a weapon

2. (noun) brickbat
blunt criticism


Definition of 'brickbat' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) brickbat
a piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4


Translation of 'brickbat' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an insult
They hurled brickbats at the politician throughout his speech.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kritiek, onvriendelike aa Arabic flag Arabic: مُلاحَظَةٌ قاسِيَه، انتِق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: парче тухла
Brazilian flag Brazilian: insulto Czech flag Czech: urážka German flag German: der Ziegelbrocken
Danish flag Danish: fornærmelse Greek flag Greek: αποδοκιμασία, προσβολή Spanish flag Spanish: insulto
Estonian flag Estonian: teravus Farsi flag Farsi: توهین Finnish flag Finnish: solvaus
French flag French: insultes Hebrew flag Hebrew: הַעֲלָבָה Hindi flag Hindi: गाली-गलौच करना
Croatian flag Croatian: komad opeke Hungarian flag Hungarian: bántó megjegyzés Indonesian flag Indonesian: penghinaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: svívirðing Italian flag Italian: frecciata Japanese flag Japanese: しんらつな批評
Korean flag Korean: 독설 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įžeidžianti pastaba Latvian flag Latvian: aizvainojoša / asa piezīm
Malay flag Malay: cemuhan Dutch flag Dutch: verwensing Norwegian flag Norwegian: skjellsord; skarp kritikk
Polish flag Polish: obraźliwe słowo, obelga Persian flag Persian: توهین Pashto flag Pashto: توهین، بی عزتی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: insulto Romanian flag Romanian: insultă Russian flag Russian: резкое замечание, оскорбл
Slovak flag Slovak: urážka Slovenian flag Slovenian: žalitev Serbian flag Serbian: uvreda
Swedish flag Swedish: nedsabling, skarp kritik Thai flag Thai: การประชดประชัน Turkish flag Turkish: hakaret
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 抨擊 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: уламок цеглини Urdu flag Urdu: بے عزتی کترنا ، توہین کرن
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lời nhận xét khiếm nhã Chinese flag Chinese: 贬责的话

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