brick

/bɹɪk/

noun

Meaning

A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
"This wall is made of bricks."
Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
"This house is made of brick."
Something shaped like a brick.
"a plastic explosive brick"
A helpful and reliable person.
"Thanks for helping me wash the car. You're a brick."
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."
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.
An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
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."
The colour brick red.
One kilo of cocaine.

verb

Meaning

To build with bricks.
To make into bricks.
To hit someone or something with a brick.
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."

adjective

Meaning