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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Made of brick(s).

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Noun:

  • 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.
  • countable A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
  • countable Something shaped like a brick.
  • informal A helpful and reliable person
  • 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.
  • slang An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
  • uncountable Considered collectively, as a building material.

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Verb:

  • _|slang To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.
  • _|slang To be in a high state of anxiety or fright: "Bricking it"
  • slang To hit someone using a brick.
  • To build with bricks.
  • To make into bricks.

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