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brick

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Synonyms: brisk, prick, crick, blick, trick, wrick, brink, brack, frick, brock, rick

Antonyms: brisk, prick, crick, blick, trick, wrick, brink, brack, frick, brock, rick

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q40089}} {{lb|en|countable}} A hardened rectangular block of [[mud]], [[clay]] etc., used for [[build]]ing.
  2. {{senseid|en|material}}{{lb|en|uncountable}} Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
  3. {{lb|en|countable}} Something shaped like a brick.
  4. The colour [[brick red]].
  5. {{lb|en|slang|dated}} A [[helpful]] and [[reliable]] person.
  6. {{lb|en|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.
  7. {{lb|en|informal}} A [[power brick]]; an external [[power supply]] consisting of a small [[box]] with an integral [[male]] [[plug]] and an attached [[cord]] terminating in another plug.
  8. {{lb|en|computing|_|slang|figurative}} An [[electronic]] [[device]], especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become [[nonfunctional|non-functional]] or [[obsolete]].
  9. {{lb|en|UK|naval|slang}} A [[projectile]].
  10. {{lb|en|firearms}} A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
  11. {{lb|en|poker slang}} A [[community card]] (usually the [[turn]] or the [[river]]) which does not improve a player's hand.
  12. {{lb|en|trading card games}} A card in a player's hand that is currently unplayable.

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[build]], [[line]]{{,}} or form with bricks.
  2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make into bricks.
  3. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[hit]] someone or something with a brick.
  4. {{lb|en|transitive|computing|_|slang}} To make (an [[electronic]] device) [[nonfunctional|non-functional]] and usually beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.
  5. {{lb|en|intransitive|computing|_|slang}} Of an [[electronic]] [[device]], to become non-functional, especially in a way beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.
  6. {{lb|en|intransitive|slang}} To [[blunder]]; to [[screw up]].

Adjective

  1. {{lb|en|colloquial|AAVE|New York|of weather}} Extremely [[cold]].

Proper noun

  1. {{surname|en}}.
  2. {{place|en|twp|co/Ocean County|s/New Jersey|c/USA}}, named after Joseph Brick. <ref>[https://www.topozone.com/new-jersey/ocean-nj/city/cedar-bridge/ Township of Brick, New Jersey]</ref>

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