brick
- Noun. (countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
- Noun. (uncountable) Considered collectively, as a building material.
- Noun. (countable) Something shaped like a brick.
- Noun. (informal) A helpful and reliable person.
- Noun. (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.
- Noun. (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.
- Noun. (technology, slang) An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
- Noun. (context, firearms) a carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
- Adjective. Made of brick(s).
- Verb. To build with bricks.
- Verb. To make into bricks.
- Verb. (slang) To hit someone using a brick.
- Verb. (computing, _) To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.
- Verb. (regional, _) To be in a high state of anxiety or fright: "Bricking it".
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