Definitions for brick
brɪkbrick

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. bricknoun

   rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

2. bricknoun

   a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bricknoun

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

   This wall is made of bricks.

   Etymology: From brique, probably from a source. Compare bricke. Cognate with the verb break.

2. bricknoun

   Considered collectively, as a building material.

   This house is made of brick.

   Etymology: From brique, probably from a source. Compare bricke. Cognate with the verb break.

3. bricknoun

   Something shaped like a brick.

   a plastic explosive brick

   Etymology: From brique, probably from a source. Compare bricke. Cognate with the verb break.

4. bricknoun

   A helpful and reliable person.

   Thanks for helping me wash the car. You're a brick.

   Etymology: From brique, probably from a source. Compare bricke. Cognate with the verb break.

5. bricknoun

   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.

   Etymology: From brique, probably from a source. Compare bricke. Cognate with the verb break.

6. bricknoun

   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.

   Etymology: From brique, probably from a source. Compare bricke. Cognate with the verb break.

7. bricknoun

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

   Etymology: From brique, probably from a source. Compare bricke. Cognate with the verb break.

8. bricknoun

   a carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.

   Etymology: From brique, probably from a source. Compare bricke. Cognate with the verb break.

9. brickverb

   To build with bricks.

   Etymology: From brique, probably from a source. Compare bricke. Cognate with the verb break.

10. brickverb

    To make into bricks.

    Etymology: From brique, probably from a source. Compare bricke. Cognate with the verb break.

11. brickverb

    To hit someone using a brick.

    Etymology: From brique, probably from a source. Compare bricke. Cognate with the verb break.

12. brickverb

    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.

    Etymology: From brique, probably from a source. Compare bricke. Cognate with the verb break.

13. brickverb

    To be in a high state of anxiety or fright: "Bricking it"

    Etymology: From brique, probably from a source. Compare bricke. Cognate with the verb break.

14. brickadjective

    Made of brick(s).

    All that was left after the fire was the brick chimney.

    Etymology: From brique, probably from a source. Compare bricke. Cognate with the verb break.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Bricknoun

   a block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp

2. Bricknoun

   bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick

3. Bricknoun

   any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread)

4. Bricknoun

   a good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick

5. Brickverb

   to lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks

6. Brickverb

   to imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brick

   A brick is a block or a single unit of a ceramic material used in masonry construction. Typically bricks are stacked together or laid as brickwork using various kinds of mortar to hold the bricks together and make a permanent structure. Bricks are typically produced in common or standard sizes in bulk quantities. They have been regarded as one of the longest lasting and strongest building materials used throughout history. In the general sense, a "brick" is a standard-sized weight-bearing building unit. Bricks are laid in horizontal courses, sometimes dry and sometimes with mortar. When the term is used in this sense, the brick might be made from clay, lime-and-sand, concrete, or shaped stone. In a less clinical and more colloquial sense, bricks are made from dried earth, usually from clay-bearing subsoil. In some cases, such as adobe, the brick is merely dried. More commonly it is fired in a kiln of some sort to form a true ceramic.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brick

   brik, n. an oblong or square piece of burned clay: a loaf of bread in the shape of a brick: (slang) a reliable friend, a good fellow.—v.t. to lay or pave with brick.—ns. Brick′bat, a piece of brick; Brick′clay, a clay used in making bricks; Brick′-dust, dust made by pounding bricks, a colour like that of brick-dust; Brick′-earth, earth used in making bricks; Brick′-field, a place where bricks are made; Brick′-kiln, a kiln in which bricks are burned; Brick′layer, one who lays or builds with bricks; Brick′laying; Brick′maker, one whose trade is to make bricks; Brick′-tea, tea pressed into cakes; Brick′-work, a structure formed of bricks.—Like a brick, with good-will. [Fr. brique, from root of Break.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. brick

   1. A piece of equipment that has been programmed or configured into a hung, wedged,unusable state. Especially used to describe what happens to devices like routers or PDAs that run from firmware when the firmware image is damaged or its settings are somehow patched to impossible values. This term usually implies irreversibility, but equipment can sometimes be unbricked by performing a hard reset or some other drastic operation. Sometimes verbed: “Yeah, I bricked the router because I forgot about adding in the new access-list.”.2. An outboard power transformer of the kind associated with laptops, modems, routers and other small computing appliances, especially one of the modern type with cords on both ends, as opposed to the older and obnoxious type that plug directly into wall or barrier strip.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. BRICK

   An admirable person made of the right sort of clay and possessing plenty of sand. What your friends call you before you go to the wall--but never afterward.

Rap Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. brickadjective

   Very cold.

2. brickadjective

   To punch.

3. brickadjective

   An amount of cocaine.

4. brickadjective

   A word that other gangs from People's Nation use that dont like Gangster Discilples (G.D.)from Folk Nation

5. bricknoun

   brick (brik) n.

6. bricknoun

   a commodity such as gold, an officially issued coin or note: 'I got mo bricks in da bank...' Dem Frachize Boys feat. Da Brat and Bow Wow (I Think They Like Me)

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. brick

   A type of material.

   The brick on the external of the house was amazing.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 21, 2020  

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Matched Categories

1. • Building Material
   • Ceramic
   • Good Person

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'brick' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3726

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'brick' in Nouns Frequency: #1457

How to pronounce brick?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brick in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of brick in a Sentence

1. Prime Minister David Cameron:

   I've now laid my brick.

2. Cory Booker:

   Access to safe, affordable housing can be transformative in the trajectory of people's lives, my parents knew this when they moved my brother and me to a New Jersey town with good public schools in the face of racial discrimination. The tenants I represented against slumlords when I first moved to Newark knew it too. So did my neighbors in Brick Towers.

3. Sam Pirozzolo:

   Tens of thousands of families are leaving the public schools because the education being taught sucks, eliminating the gifted and talented program is another brick in the wall insulting parents.

4. Neil Shah:

   If Xiaomi has to reach out to rural areas and smaller cities (which have lower online populations), they have to have tie-ups with brick-and-mortar stores.

5. John MacArthur:

   I believe our government is capitalizing on a politically expedient segment of its constituency in an effort to further dismantle Western civilization as we know it. To do this, it must outlaw its very foundation, which is rooted in a Judeo-Christian worldview. Bill C-4 is another brick laid in this effort and is evidence that our government is under the judgment of God.

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